Yearly Archives: 2004

Vol. 18 – The Morning Battleground: Why Bipolar Kids Can’t Get Up and Get Going

Does this sound familiar? Yesterday morning it took an hour-and-a-half attempting to get him up. We kept shaking him, beseeching, threatening, beseeching anxiously…. We even called his cell phone thinking he might pick it up for a friend’s call. He simply growled, muttered something we would have preferred not to hear, and turned over and…

Vol. 17 – Why Johnny and Jenny Can’t Write: Disorders of Written Expression and Children With Bipolar Disorder

How many times have we all jotted down a list to take with us to the supermarket? Even a simple vertical column of ordinary household items requires more than we realize. We scan areas of the house and pull from memory different food stuffs or supplies that need to be replenished or replaced: refrigerator (need…

Vol. 16 – Boredom and the Provocative Behavior of Children With Bipolar Disorder

We all experience bouts of boredom in life, but children and adolescents with bipolar disorder seem particularly prone to them. It often seems difficult for these children to become engaged with projects, or to set goals, and though a parent can offer any number of choices of activities, the children can’t seem to invest in…