Staying Organized: Older Child
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I Need Advice on Keeping My 7 Year Old Son Focused During Homework Time.
Asked by K.L. from Norfolk
on November 2, 2006
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I have a 7 year old son that has the hardest time staying focused on his homework. It can take him up to 2 hours to complete it. Sometimes he gets so frustrated that h...
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- I would get your child tested. If you have some results, you have a baseline by which to go by when planning how to help him. Even if you/school district agree that ...
- Hi, I'm C.. We had the exact same problem since my 9 year old was in Kindergarten. We changed her diet, she gets no sweets, only fresh fruit and veggies, things like t...
- Our now 11 yr old son had these same issues! I would set the timer when he got home to let him play (he likes outside) for 25 minutes. It helped to let him use up that...
9-Year-old Won't Clean Her Room for Anything
Asked by C.B. from Houston
on February 15, 2008
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I have 9-year-old twin girls who share a room. The "older" of the two cleans up after herself pretty well, but the "younger" one is a complete slob. She has not been...
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- Tak her things away. Then start on an incentive plan. Also, try one on one time. Maybe she's acting out and needs "special" time with mommy and daddy.
- When I was growing up #7 of 8 children, we were taught to pick up after ourselves or our privileges were taken away along with that we got a spanking on the buttox. ...
- I just went to www.housefairy.org that was posted and I wish I had heard about that a long time ago. I have a 12 year old and even though she would not believe there ...
Whether to Medicate My 7 Year Old Son
Asked by L.N. from Nashville
on April 24, 2009
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I have a two sons a 7 year old and a 3 year old. My 7 year old has been diagnosed with ADHD (off the chart). I am being told he can only be treated by medication. M...
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- Happy meadows in Berea carries books that offer advice to parents that have children with ADHD. They offer advice about diet and other alternatives to medication. ...
- This is a tough one. i recently put my 5 year old on medication for adhd.it was a very hard decision. she is the smartest child in her class however has a hard time si...
- Get a second and third opinion from very qualified child psycologist before doing anything. ADHD is just the starting point. He may need much more testing. Don't waste...
Seeking Mom's of 9 Year Old Boys
Asked by M.C. from Provo
on April 28, 2008
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My son is 9 years old. He is in the third grade. He is extremely smart, this has been proved with tests, not just my mothers bias. He is a really good kid. He want...
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- Hi M., I have a brilliant 9 year old as well, and depending where you are in the states, (I am in Canada but lived in Idaho for the last 3 years)I found that there...
- Hi M., Research has shown that kids allergic to color dyes have some of the symptoms that you are describing. My own son was similar. We took him off color dyes a...
- M., Have you had your son tested for AD/HD? He sounds so much like my middle son. My son does have other issues also but is also AD/HD. You are discribing classic ...
6 Year Old Diagnosed with ADHD
Asked by J.A. from Cincinnati
on July 1, 2008
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My 6 year old has been diagnosed with ADHD. I've been reading studies about children taking Omega-3 fish oil and improving as much as with Ritalin. Has anyone tried ...
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- Hi! I am the parent of 2 children diagnosed with ADHD. The oldest is 14 and the youngest is 8. My first question would be HOW was your child diagnosed? By whom? Wh...
- J.: Please contact your doctor about what types of medication might be right for your child. Also, talk with a Behavior Therapist. Let them do an evaluation with hi...
- Our oldest daughter had ADHD. We first took her off of ALL foods and drinks with red food dye in them and there was a huge improvement. We did Ritalin for a year the...
8 Year Old Needs to Be More Responsible
Asked by L.B. from Chicago
on June 4, 2008
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How can I get my girl to take better care of her things? She has nine drawers in her dressing area and they are a shambles all the time. I just bought her new summer...
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- I think that you have been living in my house!!!! I have the same problem but I have 4 kids that do this and I do work full time too!!! It is a constant screaming ma...
- I have one child who likes a clean room and another who, I am amazed that, our "definition" of clean is so different-she can be a tornado. I would start from the beg...
- Sometimes the task is overwhelming for young children--it was for me at that age. Modeling is a great teacher. Clean the room along side her showing her how to do it...
Getting Organized to Homeschool
Asked by C.J. from Youngstown
on January 18, 2008
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I have asked about homeschooling in the past, I looked into the O.V.A and I am satisfied with the curriculum.. Heres my question.. For those of you who homeschool, and...
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- I have three girls (ages 7 1/2, 4 1/2, and 22 mo). My oldest attended 2 years of regular preschool and kindergarten. She started 1 st grade, but then I withdrew her ...
- I haven't home schooled but my siblings and I were homeschooling for a few years. My mother went to the same stores teachers use to decorate their classrooms, and she ...
- I was very very nervous about homeschool, but you know what...it works. :) When you have all day with your kids they usually improve in temperment, b/c the discipline...
6 Year Old Takes FOREVER to Get Ready
Asked by N.H. from Detroit
on November 21, 2008
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Hey there moms. My 6 year old takes forever to get ready. I set her alarm 15 minutes earlier so she can start her day doing something she wants to do before the offi...
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- Still let her get up 15 minutes early, but don't let her watch the cartoon until AFTER she finishes her morning routine; then let her be rewarded with the cartoon. Doe...
- Why not just flip her 15 minutes of "fun" (t.v. time, or playing) to after she is COMPLETELY ready, instead of right when she wakes up. My oldest is 4 1/2 and he is n...
- N., My daughter has ADHD and at nine years old, she is still very pokey!!! What has worked for us (when consistent), is a reward system in which points are tallied a...
Diet Modification for Possible ADD? 6 Year Old
Asked by L.P. from Denver
on August 27, 2008
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I have suspicions that my child may be ADD. She takes an extremely long time to do homework (not too uncommon for a 6 year old), however she shows this behaviour in c...
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- Hi L., Have you considered chiropractic? Interference in her spine caused by misalignment could be cause her some problems. If you don't have a good chiropracto...
- HUGE KUDOS to Cheri's husband who responded! I totally 100% agree with him! I also agree with the timer thing! That will really find out what her weak spots in comp...
- My 8 year old daughter has ADHD and my 6 year old son probably has ADD. I've done a lot of research over the years and tried many things to avoid using medication. T...
GETTING & STAYING ORGANIZED / Nursery Sch. & Kind. Notices
Asked by B.P. from New York
on December 3, 2010
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Hi All.....this Sept. my 2.5 yr. old daughter started Nursery School 2 mornings a week. My older daughter 5 also started kindergarten. I'm a recently divorced mom...
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- I really like Google Calendar. You can input important information from the notices and then set up reminders to be sent to your cell phone as a text. I keep the tex...
- First, go thru the papers sent home daily. Throw away anything you do not need immediately. Have some kind of system rather a bulletin board, baskets, bins, trays what...
- Folders work great for each family member. It is the child's responsibility to "help" me put the papers in their folders & get the info on the calendar. & decorating...
