Learning and Thinking Differences
When I was younger, I could sleep till noon. Twelve hours was the norm on weekends. When I became a parent, the worries and “to do’s” increased, and I found myself waking up earlier and earlier, to my thinking brain. The 6 am bird calls became my alarm. Then I got Cipro “poisoning” and I barely slept. There was about a six week period, where I was lucky to get … Read More »
Scientific research makes clear that sleep is essential at any age. Sleep powers our minds restores health and invigorates every system in the body. Here are some tips on how to get the sleep in. It’s called “sleep hygiene.”
For us Warrior Parents…
My husband and I started on different paths as parents.
I was doing everything at home for the children. He was disengaged and his efforts went into providing for the family. I wanted to be my kids’ friend and didn’t want them to fail. He wanted to be John Rosemond, a parenting expert who believes in authority and discipline, with extreme consequences – at least to me.
Guided by excellent … Read More »
I live by checklists. In my twenties, it brought a sense of satisfaction to check things off my list. Now it’s become a survival technique…to remember what I need to do. In my late forties, I can barely recall what I ate for breakfast.
This morning I’m making a list of life skills my teenager needs to transition into successful adulthood. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
Anxiety. That’s what it is. I’m trying to understand why I can whip out these articles, but when it comes to the school evaluation process and writing to the team, especially the Principal, I become immobile. I write two sentences, then rewrite and rewrite. I write five paragraphs in its entirety, only to erase it the next day and cut most of it out. Sometimes it takes me three days… Read More »
Today, I spoke to a pediatrician that I’ve known and loved for years. He called because of my daughter’s audiology testing. Which by the way, I learned in Orton Gillingham training that every dyslexic child should see an audiologist to rule out hearing issues. We talked about how I was investigating my daughter’s breakdown in spelling. The school team said it was normal for her grade level, but I found … Read More »