Natural approaches take us away from the magic pill solution.
ADD is not a simple condition. We need to think and/and, not either/or. The right teaching methods AND the right food, etc.
ADD children do better in an orderly environment with clear rules. Unfortunately ADD runs in families. So one or both parents may be ADD as well. That makes it harder to create the best home for the child.
My mother was what FlyLady would call a BO: Born Organized. She ruled her household with 4 children in a flat that was much too small with an iron hand. It was always clean, with home-cooked meals at a set table at set times. Alas, you cannot teach a skill that comes naturally to you.
I suspect ADD in both myself and my husband. Our home was loving and full of books, but it certainly was not orderly. Chaos outside leads to more chaos inside!
Today's resource is my guru: FLYLady!! Have you heard of FlyLady? I sure wish she had been around in the eighties. But Marla Cilley had to be a depressed and abused housewife herself before she could develop into the teacher that she is today.
FlyLady is a system to get your house in order and so much more. FLY actually stands for: Finally Loving Yourself. That is a clear sign that this is about a lot more than a clean house.
A shiny sink is the first step on a journey that leads out of CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) to a well-organized household whose members are free to FLY.
FlyLady never uses the ADD word. She calls herself and her kindred spirits SHE, for Side-tracked Home Executive. But many of the grateful people writing in to thank her call themselves ADD.
A favorite moment in my past life as a network marketer had nothing to do with a sale but everything with FlyLady. I had met this lady in Alaska on an online health group. We hit it off and connected off list. She tried my favorite brain food and loved it. Alas, the next time I called to see how she was doing she had fallen on hard times and couldn't afford any more.
However: I had told her about Flylady. Under Marla Cilley's loving guidance she had de-cluttered her home and developed routines. She was able to host meetings of an organization she belonged to. Her depression had lifted significantly, even without extra brainfood. We had a great visit and she thanked me for changing her life.
So please, do yourself a big favor and visit FlyLady. Honestly, this may change your life.
http://flylady.net/
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