by margitcrane on February 13, 2012
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Join local certified financial planner
and former KVI radio host Albert Israel for a workshop
addressing the college financial aid process
and how parents can garner more aid.
Workshops will be held at
West Seattle HS (2/14, 7PM),
Ingraham HS (2/15, 7PM),
and Roosevelt HS (2/16, 7PM).
by margitcrane on January 25, 2012
Hey everyone! Margit Crane here, with a more personal post today. Please feel free to scroll down to share your thoughts. I’d love to read your comments.
Last night I had the good fortune to speak at a wonderful office that provides parent education for their patients. The topic was Talking To Tweens and Teens: Power Conversations not Power Struggles, one of my all-time favorite topics. I’ve been working with teens forever – I adore them – and I was super-excited to give the parents a ton of helpful information.
At the end of the talk, I passed out evaluation forms. I read the comments when I got home; some were very heartwarming and some had good suggestions as well.
And then I got the one that said, “Speaker was too A.D.D. for me.” I’m pretty sure that the writer meant it as just her own personal observation and opinion, but what did it mean?
Did she mean I was too energetic, too impassioned, too funny, too enthusiastic, too clever, too full of ideas? What does it mean to be “Too A.D.D.”? My knee-jerk response was: “You’re missing out on a whole lot of fun,” but then I think of all the kids who are so misunderstood and struggle so mightily, not to mention remembering myself as a misunderstood kid, and it stung. It hurt.
What do you think? Have you or your child ever been thought of as “Too ADD?” How did you handle it? Just scroll down to share your comments.
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