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posted 10/20/2008, comment (1)

I'm crying tonight

I have had many sleepless nights. I am so happy I found this website. I hope I can share the information with my spouse with success in how we deal with our loving son. He (spouse) is saying he wants to throw in the towel to this marriage. He feels I am the one who is the cause of this in our child. I now know that... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/11/2008, comments (4)

Toddler concerns

Hi, I am having a very, very difficult time with my 2 1/2 year old son. I know everybody is telling me he is just a little boy, but I am having the worst time with him. We had a catholic wedding we were invited to, his father was best man. I brought books, crayons, coloring books, puzzles, light up sticks, cards and... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/06/2008, comments (2)

Homeschool Dad with ADD

My husband is a homeschool dad of our 4 children (ages 8,7,4,2). I am trying to understand what safety and other concerns (lack of consistent discipline, social) that I need to be aware of. We have had some safety issues in the past.

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posted 09/30/2008, comments (7)

Parenting an Asperger's child

I have two sons, aged 13 and 9. My eldest was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of five, began taking Concerta, and responded wonderfully. Then at the age of 10, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Again, he responded wonderfully to the medication (Lamictal and Rimeron). My youngest is a totally different story. At... Read more Chevron

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Tracey W.

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posted 09/23/2008, comments (0)

To Debbie Phelps

My son was diagnosed at a very early age with ADHD. He has been well controlled with medication (concerta). Now that he is 14 we had been able to reduce his medication, but then he went off of it completely - mostly to please his father who "doesn't believe" in ADHD and doesn't want his son taking pills. I still think he needs... Read more Chevron

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