From one mum to another - practical help for parenting

It’s strange when you look back. You learn very early what people like about you… and what they don’t.And without even realising it, you start changing yourself. At school. With friends. With everyone. You learn how to be “acceptable.” I spent years studying people. What made them laugh. What made them stay. So I could belong somewhere. “Those are your friends,” my mum would say. But she didn’t see the bullying. And I was too naive to understand who was real and who wasn’t. S

Many parenting articles say that boredom is good for children, that it sparks creativity and independence. And yes… that can be true. But if you are raising a child with ADHD, boredom doesn’t always look like quiet creativity. Sometimes boredom looks like chaos. An ADHD brain is in constant search of dopamine and stimulation. When those levels are low, it creates discomfort in the child, and behaviour becomes their way to generate stimulation and dopamine. Unfortunately, the

Sometimes I look around and think, how did we even get here again? One minute my two kids are laughing so hard the neighbours can probably hear them, the next is chaos. Tears, shouting, someone storming off, the little one crying because “she took my toy!” and my daughter insisting “he screamed first!” Sound familiar? I used to think this was just part of sibling life and in many ways, it is. But when you’re raising neurodivergent children, conflict comes with its own layers