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“Families need to regroup and simply have unstructured time together – to play, to talk, to inadvertently create the small instances that go into the family memory bank. It is the little things that tend to bond families, and these often occur during unstructured time.
Try to be clear about whether your own needs or anxieties about your child’s achievement are fueling a desire to over-schedule activities.” (Source)
What We Learned
Helpful Research
This Week’s Article
Wait! Help Your Child With ADHD to Be Less Impulsive
Learn what treatments can help, what you can do to increase positive interactions, help your child to be more aware, and provide alternative behaviors.
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Bored Panda: Teacher Uses LEGOs to Explain Math to Schoolchildren
Psychology Today: Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding are Partners
Article from The Monkey Mashup – Wait! Help Your Child With ADHD to Be Less Impulsive