Introduction

Have you heard any comments of these about your children?

He’s a busy body!

He has no self-control!

She has ants in her pants!

She’s a real wild child!

She never stops talking!

He’s so annoying!

He won’t sit still!

She’s a spazz!

These are nicknames that could be thrown at them from friends, other parents, even YOU!

And sometimes, the descriptions are quite accurate; however, we have never really seen ants crawling in the pants, have we?  That would be scary indeed.

So after a few bouts of dealing with a child that literally doesn’t want to sit down, or stop talking or pay attention to anything for more than 30 seconds, you have decided to run to the library or local book store or online searching for answers, searching for help, and most of all, searching for solutions... yes, you are tired, run down, exasperated...wringing your hands in the air!

Well, being a parent of a “wild child” myself, I have been there. I have picked up tons of books about the “strong-willed," "hyperactive," "ADHD," "spirited” child and found that I spent the majority of my time just reading about the obvious…yes, my child is a handful and yes, I am going to have to learn to make some changes. But that’s where it all basically ended. The book would spend 90% of the time telling me what, and why, but only a measly 10% on what to do about it. I wanted solutions! I wanted to know what to do!

And not simply paragraphs upon paragraphs of descriptions of long-drawn out solutions but quick, easy to read solutions.   I was looking for a resource that had lots of them too in case I tried a few and they didn’t work…then I could at least go back and try more. And please, no more of the same old regurgitated solutions, I wanted new, creative solutions!

As we know, what works for one child might not work for another. So that is where the motivation to write this blog came from, to provide parents like you and me a resource of easy, simple, creative solutions to help manage your “bouncing off the wall crazy child.”   And I don’t say offensively… we all know the seriousness behind having a child that has a little too much energy, but it is time lift up and look at the positive side of all of this and not dwell in the negative. Children and their energy level are time related factors. After all, children do grow up.

Those few precious years will be by in the blink of an eye and yes, when they are older they will sit still at their jobs, while they are on the train, in a restaurant…they will. These things will naturally happen, with or without significant intervention. But we are here to deal with the now, whether your child is a constantly climbing 2 year old or a fidgety, loud 7-year old. Let’s deal with the now and take this one step at a time.