Margit’s Bio

Margit Crane is passionately devoted to making growing up much easier for ADD/ADHD kids, discombobulated teens, and the stressed-out parents who love them! “You don’t have to sit around waiting for this latest ‘phase’ to pass. You have power that you haven’t tapped into yet,” she says encouragingly.

With Margit, clients enjoy more confidence, smoother communication, fewer conflicts, closer relationships, and increased academic success, all while having a lot more FUN! Simply put, whether she is coaching, writing books, or speaking, Margit will rock your world!

Healing Families

Confused and frustrated parents are drawn to Margit’s bright-eyed optimism and her real-world solutions. They fall in love with her humor and compassion, realizing that she is their strongest advocate and biggest fan. Clients feel heard and understood, and they trust her to support every family member equally. She blends an uncanny and authentic understanding of children and teens with adult wisdom and experience.

Margit transforms client perceptions about who they are — shifting fear-based judgments of “good” and “bad” to heart-based perspectives of “uniquely gifted” and “heroic.” Margit poses the question: What if all your challenges were simply GIFTS that you didn’t know how to open?”

Jumping into the “Mosh Pit” of Family Conflict
(The Operating Premises)

✔ PARENTING IS NOT A MORAL ISSUE. Parenting is a set of skills that can be taught and she does just that to the great delight of the families she serves.

✔ DEFIANT BEHAVIOR ISN’T A MORAL ISSUE. Having a huge spirit that’s trapped in a young body is challenging! Conflict is just crossed signals and crossed purposes and these can be uncrossed.

✔THE FAMILY HEALS AS A UNIT. Parents are the agents of change in a family. Success is not dependent upon the child’s willingness to change, but rather upon the parents’ commitment to the coaching process.

“Knowing Margit is in our court is a huge weight off my shoulders, which frees me up
to focus on my business, the rest of my family, and having fun with my son.”
(former client, Lori Z.)

Underachieving and Over-irritating

Margit intimately knows the pain of growing up misunderstood. She explains, “When I was young I felt so out of place. High I.Q. with undiagnosed A.D.D! I was a nice enough person (sometimes) but I just couldn’t get my act together. People expected so much of me and I had no clue how to deliver. Teachers were constantly saying that I wasn’t living up to my potential. And it wasn’t just about grades; I was rude and demanding as well.

My parents, being the successful and high-status people that they were, hid their parenting insecurities and we all just lived in a state of frustration and disappointment.

What really made a difference for me was finding a mentor who understood me and always believed in me. And that’s when I decided that I wanted to be THAT for the rest of my life!”

Margit’s A.D.D. Ph.D.

Margit Crane is the author of the Mom’s Choice Award (R) winner, How to Train Your Parents in 6 1/2 Days: A Teen Handbook, and the U.S. Books award-winning STOP THE STRUGGLE! Solutions for Parenting Gifted Tweens and Teens. She also created the CD program, Gifted With ADD/ADHD: Insider Strategies to Increase Your Child’s Success and Happiness.

In 2002, Margit won an award for Inspiring High School Educator from UC San Diego, and her M.Ed. thesis was cited as a notable contribution to 300 years of Jewish Education by the American Jewish Archives. She has been featured in Seattle’s Child and Parent Map magazines, and on Chat With Women Radio and KOMO News Radio.

Margit speaks to groups of teens, parents, school personnel, and family educators on such topics as, “Power Conversations not Power Struggles,” “Focusing The Distracted Child,” “The Secret Life of the ADD Family,” and “Pretending Your Way to Success.”

She has three Master’s Degrees, which she refers to as her “A.D.D. Ph.D.” and she has been a teacher and school counselor for educationally disadvantaged, special education, and gifted kids, teens, and college students … and everyone in between!

Happies and Crappies

When you meet Margit, you will find that she is clear about her likes and dislikes (in a very non-judgmental way, of course!) She calls them her “Happies” and “Crappies.” Among her “Happies” are her wonder-husband, Nick, her two loving step kids, her fabulous friends, Harry Potter, and soft tacos made with corn tortillas. (If they’re made with flour tortillas, they immediately become “Crappies.”)

Message from Margit:

“Let me guide you and your family to a renewed sense
of harmony, enjoyment, and pride.
I offer more than reassurance; I offer solutions.
You can have some relief and hope TODAY!”

Isn’t it about time someone listened to you and your needs? Call or email to schedule your complimentary 20-minute phone consultation. 206-326-8446 or Margit@MargitCrane.com