Since living with ADD has saddled me with a track record of not following through with commitments, I need to plan the logistics carefully
I’m a grant writer working from home, and my husband is an attorney, which means people think we’re well-off, but we’re actually not. He works very long hours and is serious about his learning, so he isn’t home a lot. Our out-of-town community has a high cost of living, and we have no cleaning help. Add my small home-based retail business to the mix, and life is pretty busy. And that’s before the kids enter the picture.
There are four of them, and the oldest two are on the cusp of their teens. The oldest has an ADD diagnosis, like me, and by 9 p.m. his meds have worn off and his impulse control is low. In general, as they get older, everything is getting so much more complicated — they’re not little kids anymore whose biggest issues are toilet-training and boo-boos.
More than anything, I want to bring healthy, loving structure into my home so my kids can develop their fabulous potential.
What my family really needs right now is some tailored chinuch guidance. I’ve tried it before; in the summer, I signed up for Rabbi Brezak’s parenting teleconference, but I’m embarrassed to say that despite the recordings being available after each session, I didn’t manage to listen to a single one.
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