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High school is a fast-paced, shifting social landscape where old friends can drift away and social status takes on greater importance. This is also a time when many kids shift their primary friendship focus away from family and spend most of their social hours with a core group of friends. For kids who have trouble […]

Words matter. How you say something communicates more than what you say and your tone greatly impacts how your words are perceived. As you probably already know from experience, kind and gentle tones are welcoming while snarky or sarcastic tones rarely go over well. It’s crucial to recognize your tone and know how to control it to appropriately

What you feel is natural, but there are ways to mange it. Kids with ADHD can be tough. You love them with all your heart and yet, your child seems out of touch at times. They don’t operate with urgency to get important tasks done and when they do get into action, it’s messy, or

Making friends as an adult is hard. Finding how and where to make friends as an adult is harder! Especially if you are anxious, have some social avoidance, and maybe have a history of feeling different left out, or rejected.  Maybe you are trying to figure out how to broaden your social circles — after all,

You ask your child how he feels and despite his grumpy tone, slamming things on the counter, and gruff demeanor, he says,”fine.”  Your child gets off the bus and you know something happened at school as she retreats to the basement with headphones on.  You notice that lately your son has come home early from activities and

As a person with ADHD, you may find that you go down a wormhole when you’re talking and say things you meant to filter out. Even if you don’t have ADHD, you may find yourself in this situation.  For instance, after observing someone’s space, you made a comment that they’re a hoarder. What you meant to

An ADHD specialist (who also has ADHD!) shares her 5-step plan for avoiding ‘ADHD hangovers’. Do you ever wish you could go back in time and fix what happened the day before during a social interaction? So much so, the next day you think about why someone would’ve said it, wonder if you should’ve responded differently,

You want your kid to have a “normal” life, but normal looks different for everyone. If your child is constantly playing video games with virtual pals, rather than building friendships and making connections with other kids in real life, it can be concerning as a parent. You might even wonder if your child knows how

As a parent, one of the most difficult situations you can experience is when your child expresses loneliness or even tells you, “I don’t have any friends.” Learning how to deal with loneliness can be a struggle for anyone, but when it’s your baby who says they’re feeling lonely and left out, it’s heartbreaking. You watch as

As a parent, you can usually tell when your child is facing problems with friends at school, even if they haven’t said anything about it. But no matter how many parenting tips or advice books you’ve read about creating an open, secure relationship with your kid, it can feel impossible to get more than a one-word