Hi, I’m Melissa, Beth asked me to explain how going gluten-free made a difference in our household. I have a daughter and two sons with varying degrees of dyslexia. Going gluten-free improved our family life by 80%. So how did we go gluten-free? I accidentally stumbled upon my children’s gluten problems after we’d been on holiday. When the kids were
I need nighttime anxiety relief. It’s 4 AM, and I’m reviewing what happened to Harry at school yesterday and wondering how best to help. My anxious mind goes into overdrive, and then other questions overwhelm me. • What will Harry do when he leaves school? • Will he ever find someone to love him? • What kind of parent will
Researchers estimate a third of children with dyslexia suffer from eyestrain or visual problems.[1] My son, Harry, is a case in point. We had his eyesight tested on several occasions, but he always passed. In fact, he could see better than anyone else in the family. However, he still couldn’t find the next line of text when he read a book.
TRIGGER WARNING–This post contains material that may upset survivors of sexual abuse. What’s an iceberg got to do with dyslexia and sexual abuse? When I was at school, I learned we only ever see a tiny section of an iceberg; most of the ice lies deep beneath the water. The British Medical Journal in July 1991(BMJ 1991;303:143) under the heading,
Does your child have difficulty starting their homework? Is it hard to get them to make a phone call or to choose what to wear? Everyone has the odd bad day. However, if this is the norm for your child, it could be a sign that they struggle with perfectionism. Dyslexia and Perfectionism Getting Harry to make a start on
Do you have a healthy brain? I try my best to have a healthy brain, and I’m encouraging my son, Harry, to ensure he has a healthy brain too. Youth and healthy brains When I was younger, strange though this sounds, I never gave my brain a second thought. Does any young person love their brain? Social media is awash
Hi, I’m Beth. When I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle, what I like to call, the dyslexia octopus.
I remember when my son Harry started school and hit the literacy roadblock. He’d been a happy child up to
“I don’t want to go back to school.” What do you hear from your child at the start of the
Hi, I’m Beth. Seven years ago, when I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle what I like to call the dyslexia octopus.
