From the article: Adult ADHD Help
Summer time can bring about many changes - school is out, vacations are scheduled, the volume and velocity of work may vary. All these changes can affect the pace of daily life. For some work slows down. For others it may stay the same, but having the kids home can add an extra layer of complexity. Things may not feel as predictable. While traveling is fun and vacations are for relaxation, it isn’t unusual to return home more tired than before! On the other hand, summer brings about activities - cookouts, swimming, sprinkler runs – that remind us to slow down and enjoy life. How does summer affect your pace of life?
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We Love the Break of Summer
- My husband and I work from home and we love having the kids around. Summer is the time when we can go wherever we want and do whatever we want. Our nine-year-old son has ADHD and doesn't like school. His grades are good, he just gets bored. He'd choose staying home over just about anything. When we do plan a trip, he is involved and knows well ahead of our leave date, so he can prepare for the change. He is good with a camera, so we let him take one and his video camera, along with Legos to keep himself occupied. We usually take day trips, with only a couple of overnight trips over the summer. My father-in-law has a pool next door, so we swim everyday, usually twice, and play, read and do crafts in between. The boys' bedtime isn't as strict as during the school year. They sometimes stay up an extra 30 min. to an hour, depending on where we are - at a get-together or home, and what we're doing. Summer is like when I was a kid, very hot, but carefree and fun.
- —vickiesteward
Summer Schedule
- I would be an advocate for year-round school. My son requires a schedule and routine and it is difficult to do that in the summer without breaking the bank on many day camps. Our neighborhood has a swim team that lasts 6 weeks. Practices are every weekday early in the morning. After practice the kids do 2 or 3 pages in their summer workbook. We play board games, etc. We try to severely limit TV and video game time. Each summer we spend 3 wks up north at a remote lake - no TV. Up there we get the lazy days of swimming, messing about in boats and hiking. Although the workbooks do get worked on even up there.
- —Guest ahsweeney
Ah Freedom
- Being without the bondage of forcing tired children out of bed, then into bed at night and minus the homework pressures? Are you kidding? I totally love the less restrictive schedules and time with my kids. I'm a parent that actually misses my kids so when I am able to spend more time, I enjoy it, plus I work from home. My kids are free-birds too so they revel in lazy do-what-you-want days. Vacations -when I can afford to take one- are fab. We always pack as much as possible into the days, so yes they are tiring sometimes even hectic for limited stretches, but FUN and definitely worth it. Yes, that's the consensus :) The only downside at all is the HEAT in Texas. It's oppressive to say the least, even for the dogs - so we do outside stuff early if possible and recuperate in the A/C. Until we live somewhere more temperate it's the only thing that keeps summer from being the favorite time of year.
- —RSAdams68
