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Some tips for college athletes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/recruiting-insider/post/how-to-balance-the-relationship-between-your-parents-and-your-coach/2012/02/07/gIQAUwkDzQ_blog.html

One day I was pulling out of the driveway at work to drive home, when I noticed a rather large grasshopper on my windshield. While I was still driving slowly, this grasshopper had an opportunity to let go before it became more dangerous for it to do so. However, the grasshopper didn’t ‘know’ that. He […]

Recent research suggests a connection between ADHD and anomalies in the brain’s reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification, which would explain why kids with ADHD have trouble motivating themselves, and they would experience less gratification upon completion: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203084302.htm http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/ADHD-ADD/15872 http://healthomg.com/2011/03/28/adhd-brain-may-be-a-little-different/ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFMQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bnl.gov%2Fmedical%2FPersonnel%2FRita-Goldstein%2Ffiles%2FVolkow_MolPsych10.pdf&ei=UasyT4aPPMnV0QGeqbT5Bw&usg=AFQjCNH_O3eZDNf67dlHpQqgfOfjgACYgw

Some online resources for kids who fidget, both fine motor and gross motor On any of these sites, simply search for ‘fidget’ www.therapro.com www.abilitations.com www.southpawenterprises.com

Teenage angst is nothing new, it is just more public these days due to social media: http://www.stargazette.com/article/20120203/NEWS01/202030316/Teenage-angst-Not-new-phenomenon?odyssey=nav|head Why teens act as they do: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/115730