Do you have difficulty tearing your kids away from something they love doing without a battle? If this is an all too familiar scenario, don't despair! I have two super simple ADHD parenting tools for reducing meltdowns that make transitions so much easier.You’ve may have heard...
If you’re a parent with an atypical brain and you parent kid/s with atypical brains, you know all too well that it can be super challenging. It was a complete nightmare for us for the longest time, but once I began to understand my boy’s...
The lived experience testimony given by Susie Hopkins at the ADHD Senate Inquiry....
We can do a great deal to ensure autistic kids have a positive transition to school. This article contains step-by-step recommendations that have been tried and tested....
It’s well documented that the mental load of motherhood is overwhelming, especially when you're a sole parent. If you add ADHD it becomes so much harder to stay on top of everything. ...
With the strain of caring for kids with complex needs falling mainly on mums, it’s hardly surprising that we experience mental health problems at much higher levels than most people....
Should. Sometimes I wish the word should were banned from the English language. ...
Let’s face it, stress isn’t going anywhere. It’s a part of life for everyone, but as a mama of one or more children with disabilities stress is a part of life most days, and often every day....
Parenting a child by yourself is tough. Parenting a child with special needs by yourself is even more so. People often ask me how I do it. They even call me a super mum and generally admire how, for the most part, things are...
There was a week back when my son, Harry, was two when I was pretty much unable to talk to anyone because if they asked how I was doing I would burst into tears. It was such a traumatic time that it’s still difficult to...