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Posts Tagged ‘ADD’

“Trust Me” reviewed on MacKenzie site

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by Mackenzie

Found on AdultADDandMoney.com:
With our struggling economy many more adult children feel like they are being forced to ask their parents for financial help. On September 30th, a new reality show called “Bank of Mom and Dad” will air on the SoapNet cable network. Each week the show will deal a 20 something women who parents [...]

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ADD & Marriage: Non-ADD Spouses Who “Give Too Much”

Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Anonymous

Perhaps he spends too much money . Perhaps he doesn’t pay enough attention to you, your kids or what he’s supposed to be doing for the family (too distracted).

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3 Secrets of Good ADHD Money Management

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 by johnsup

You can learn personal money management through books, seminars and classes. Unfortunately, even when they teach personal money management, nothing is said about ADHD money management.

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Maybe NO ONE outgrows ADD

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Ken Kaye

Kudos to Bryan X of ADDERWorld for his post about ADD into adulthood:
It used to be believed that ADHD was outgrown, but we know better now. First it was 10% didn’t outgrow it, then it was 20% – 30%, the percentage keeps rising… soon, I believe, the percentage will be closer to 90%. I believe [...]

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Insensitive advice

Monday, June 1st, 2009 by Ken Kaye

Here’s an example of bad ADD advice to a 25-year-old college grad who sounds like his ADD (which may be the cause of his depression, or an additional problem) has paralyzed him with regard to work and money.
The advice columnist, Salon’s Cary Tennis, is apparently clueless about adult ADD as well as arrogant in his [...]

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