Tag: Teenagers
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The Rollercoaster of Emotions Linked To ADHD
The presence of ADHD exacerbates a roller coaster of emotions for both their parents and the children themselves. Especially when the pressure’s really on. From the Library of Congress: TITLE: Thos. W. Keene. Othello CALL NUMBER: POS – TH – 1884 .O7, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC6-58 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:…
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The Middle Aged Beauty Regime And Nipple Covers
Magnum PI by brandy-son Zen master flash at http://www.flickr.com I learnt about nipple covers yesterday. They are Band-Aids that you stick on your nipples when you have to go bra-less. In the old days we used to let our nipples come out to play with us. Beauty products fascinate me almost as much as yesterday’s…
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Teenagers And That Moment When They Suddenly Grow Up
NC has picked up this new job working as a medical secretary in between her uni studies. It gives her the extra cash to get riotously drunk at the weekends on the sort of expensive wine that I couldn’t afford until I was forty and an alcoholic, as well as an outlet to vent her…
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8 Strategies To Cope With Your Teenage Daughter’s Bedroom
I remember when I first gave birth to NC how super-excited I was to have a girl. My girlie hormones and imagination went into complete over-drive about pink and fluff and glitter, dolls that cried and pooped and wooden dolls houses where we would recreate happy families together. And all that cultivated girl power would…
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New Babies, Flying And ADHD
Bubba courtesy of crakerk69 at http://www.flickr.com Kurt and I are going on a mini break together to meet his newborn cousin today. He is very excited. I have some concerns. My son has never met a real, live baby before. I am trying to put the concerns I have about his preconceptions about them to…
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How To Screw Up Your Kids: Parenting Faux Pas Number 839
Warner Bros. publicity poster for the Sex Pistols’ album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols. The poster text is composed of selected lyrics from the band’s song “God Save the Queen”. On the left: Johnny Rotten. Inset, left to right: Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Rotten, Steve Jones. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There’s a fantastic…
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How To House Train Your Teenagers
bringing my towel along (Photo credit: hufse) So the adjustment to apartment-living might have been a little more painful than I envisaged, although it’s not necessarily the reduced square metreage that is affecting my usually joyful disposition, but having teenagers 24/7 in my face. My timing has never been great. NC is still on uni…
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One Small Step For Kurt: Managing Your ADHD Rather Than Letting It Manage You
melting of age (Photo credit: girl/afraid) Kurt and I reached our seventeenth anniversary together yesterday. We’ve both changed a lot since that day seventeen years ago when he propelled his way out of my body and into his life, with little warning, no pain relief and lucky to make it out of the hospital lift.…
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Time To Face My Fears and Let It Go
I found some closure watching Godzilla with Kurt at the cinema the other day. ‘Closure’ in terms of facing my fears. Admittedly, two hours of a CGI monster was small-fry compared to the week I’ve just survived with my son. Yes, I’ve been facing my fears in more ways than one this week. Now you…
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A Lesson In Writing A Sex Scene From My Children
English: typewriter (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We had a rare moment of togetherness in the kitchen of Dysfunctionality House late last night. It’s funny how those really special parenting moments are often impromptu and never the precious moments that you plan carefully, that always seem to go tits up. And moments where NC and Kurt laugh…
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