Entries from A Wild Ride: Our Blog tagged with 'challenging children'
How I found lasting friendships in a support group
When I first met Joan five years ago, she and a few other women had already formed a support group for moms of challenging kids. She explained to me that they met monthly to offer each other encouragement during...
The Great Escape
My son is home from school again today. You know the symptoms: slight cough, post nasal drip, exhaustion, lethargic, no temperature. Of course I immediately wonder: Is there some problem at school? With a girl? With a friend? Did...
Report Cards and Other Ugly Facts of Life
Let's face it! Many of our challenging children, though often highly-intelligent, do not register high on the traditional report card scale. Some parents seem to accept this fact of life. Others see the report as merely a snapshot of...
Happy New (School) Year Part 1 by Karen Alaniz
Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end. As you contemplate the new school year, it’s time to regroup, rethink, and begin planning. If your child is in elementary school, the transition may mean just one new teacher. If...
A Bear of a Week Ahead
Okay, it's Sunday night and many of us are looking at the week's schedule, making certain that our challenging children are properly active, engaged, instructed, cared for, or at least have their basic needs met. OR you may be...
As we say "Goodbye" to 2007...
...my partner, Mary Scribner, and I would like to take stock of our A Wild Ride accomplishments: 1. We made a conscious choice to keep A Wild Ride free of advertising, bringing the reader only our thoughts and stories,...
More holiday Q & A
In your opinion, what is the biggest obstacle that parents must face during the holiday period? From Parent Coach and A Wild Ride creator/author Mary Scribner: The biggest obstacle that parents face during the holidays are the expectations of...
A Wild Ride ~ The Web site
This month A Wild Ride: The Blog enjoyed many new readers and a large increase in comments (thanks to NaBloPoMo). But it seems that many visitors did not realize that the Blog is based on our Web site for...
Humor and a Meme
In keeping with the sense of humor theme, I offer you a Meme. Basically the definition of a Meme is a transfer of information (isn't that a Blog?). Earlier this month I joined a social network of Bloggers (many of...
Love and an upcoming seminar (by Elizabeth)
It occurs to me that loving another person is not easy if you don’t love yourself first. Thanks mom for that useless advice, you say. But wait. Hear me out. How many days go by in a whirlwind of activity:...
Sleep Matters by Karen L. Alainz
Here are some sleep tips from Karen. To read her story, go to Overnight Success. Counting sheep is a strategy that did not work for Joshua. But with trial and error, we did find success. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...
New Year-New Friends by Karen Alaniz
New Year-New Friends Before you have a chance to ask, “How was your day?” your child bombards you with a description of his new friend, barely slowing down to take a breath. “He just moved here.” He says. “We sit...
Traveling with Challenging Children (by Elizabeth)
One Mom’s Strategies Okay, I admit it. I love to travel. My husband and I took many adventurous trips before and after we were married. Our first son enjoyed traveling as much as we did. People would ask us in...
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