Oct 13, 2011 Posted by Jolene

Meet Lynne Jackson from ConnectedFamilies.com, Part 1

Meet Jim and Lynne Jacksons, founders of www.connectedfamilies.org. Their advice about school anxiety in kids and training young children to do chores have been  featured at DifferentDream.com. In recent months, I’ve come to appreciate Jim and Lynne Jackson’s thoughtful parenting model. Finally, I worked up enough courage to ask Lynne if she would agree to be featured here at Different Dream.... read more

Dec 11, 2009 Posted by Jolene

Life as the Mom of an ADHD Kid, Part Two

In the previous post in this series, you met Teresa Lasher and heard just a little about her life with an ADHD child. Today, you can read her whole story. Life with an ADHD Kid People with good intentions said, “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle,” or “God only gives special kids to special parents.” I didn’t feel specially blessed, but felt I was being punished. My special child was... read more

Dec 9, 2009 Posted by Jolene

Life as the Mom of an ADHD Kid, Part One

Today, I’d like to introduce you to an amazing woman, Teresa Lasher, who agreed to guest blog at DifferentDream.com. Meet Teresa Lasher She’s a sailor, motorcycle rider, freelance writer, and speaker who lives in Michigan with her husband. We met at a writing conference last summer and discovered we have much more than writing in common. We are both mothers of prodigal sons who struggled with... read more