ADHD or Active Child?

After the first month of an ongoing tele-seminar where Dr. Guffanti answers your questions we are seeing the translation from theory to application. This podcast discusses how to get your child to finish his chores without constant reminders? How do you follow your passion when you work for a living.

Not only do you get your questions answered, but you get to ask follow up questions the next week to smooth out the implementation of the changes you make. All this and more is discussed in a long awaited podcast.

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Your children’s passion will unfold their destiny if you avoid the three pitfalls and learn to support. The 3 pitfalls to avoid are: don’t feed an addiction, empower rather than enable and let your child attempt the impossible.

In essence, encourage your family to follow their joy and confront their fear. It is passion’s path, not its destiny, that brings most of the value in following your passion.

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In a country where only one out of three children can read their textbooks, where anxiety, depression and suicide are consuming more and more of our teenagers where graduation doesn’t seem to lead to a job how do you prepare your child to thrive?

Your children’s passion will draw them to learn everything they need to learn.  On Passion’s Path your child gets an extraordinary education that you can’t keep up with, but can facilitate. There are character issues that we all face, but when your children are pursuing their passion they confront them sooner and with intense interest in a positive resolution. When it is time for your children to be on their own they will have the confidence, the knowledge and the direction to make that step.

Listen and learn the 3 things parents can do to bring this life thriving plan into their home. And also the 3 pitfalls to avoid.

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Some girls have a passion for their friends and risk losing their identity to please others. Developing firm internal boundaries is your best defense against this happening. Basing your boundaries on love, truth, freedom and consequences sets a solid foundation that is easy to explain.

Within these boundaries we will discuss the challenges for your daughter of working with her friends without giving in or giving up. And the opportunities for parents to help their little girl navigate the pressures and anxieties that threaten her during the journey to become a mature woman.

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Passion creates focus

Dr. Martin Stein, a pediatrician at UCSD, notes that girls are likely to be diagnosed with ADD later than boys, some as early as third or fourth grade, or as late as junior high.

Here’s my take on what happens: year by year, girls value peer relationships more. So, many females gradually place the teacher on ignore while they wait to do something interesting with their friends. Those caught ignoring their teachers are labeled ADD, a misdiagnosis because the definition of ADD includes that the symptoms are present before the age of 7 and for most it comes later.

This episode discusses:

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In an effort to help the ADHD parents I have posted a survey. This podcast is the answer to some of the questions posted there. Moms want help with their girls.

In this episode you will learn:

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You will have to wait for episode 11 to see how this plays with ADHD

Father’s Day Special – Getting Dad involved in the family

ADHD dad and his family

In an effort to help the ADHD parents Dr. Guffanti has posted a survey. This podcast is the answer to some of the questions posted there. This mom asks, “What can I do to help my husband who is ADD (not H) pay attention to his own kids and family and learn to plan ahead (even for just a day or two)?”

In this episode you will learn about family fundamentals:

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The essential ingredient for those children  who often blame others for their misbehavior is for the parents to decide “Whose problem is it?”

When parents step in and solve problemss for their child they communicate, “You are not capable of achieving this.” This is not very helpful to girls—and it’s devastating for boys.

Which leads us to discipline. The four rules of discipline are:

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