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  In her blog this week, Franki Bagdade, author of the award-winning  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them ,  celebrates autism awareness and acceptance month. Read her post HERE . For more posts by and about Franki, click  HERE . BOOK AWARDS IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan gold award Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.  Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can!  Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .        MSI Press is ranked among the to

  Today's shared blog post comes from Franki Bagdade, author of  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them . Franki writes about the beneficial intersection  of movevement/exercise and ADHD in terms of managing cogntiive dysfunction. Well, that is a simplistic description of her blog post. Read the read thing here:  The .with Franki Bagdade M. Ed. LLMSW- | Substack Awards IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan Gold Award For more posts about Franki and her book, click  HERE .. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want

  This week's book back story features I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them by Franki Bagdade . From the author --  I can't spell. Truly, I'm terrible at it. When I got my first job, teaching children with learning disabilities in a private elementary school they sent me for specialized training in phonics, a program called Orton Gillingham created for those who struggle with traditional ways of learning to read. It was eye-opening. For the first time, I understood the spelling patterns and realized there was something I could rely on besides, just memorization when trying to spell all of those darn words. For the first time in my life, I started to enjoy Wheel of Fortune. I knew which letter Vanna White was gonna unveil before she turned around those famous white cubes. Fast forward a few years later into my teaching career which was also a few years of intense exposure to many misspelled Words, that’s what happens when you teach students who also struggle wit

  So what happens when your executive functioning stops functioning? Franki Bagdade, author of  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , has some suggestions in her recent blog post: It was a typical Tuesday and I was balancing the needs of two businesses and three children. Juggling meeting with clients 1:1 for Therapy or ADHD coaching while using any gaps in my schedule to respond to emails, schedule social media, write blogs, and do laundry (cause there is always, always laundry to do.) This particular day I found a rare 90-minute gap between clients so I scheduled a very needed physical therapy appointment, as I was still recovering from a broken ankle. As I was going through my exercises my phone started buzzing. An email from a therapy client scrolled across my screen asking for the Zoom link for their session starting in ten minutes. Cue a racing heart and panic. I quickly looked at my calendar, a color-coded HIPPA-compliant modern marvel. There was no appointment for

  This is part two of a planned three-part series. Every mother deals with this. See the creative suggestion of Franki, author of the award-winning  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them   in her recent blog post:  Part 2- How a Type Q (not naturally neat) Mom (that's me) Teaches Her Children HOW to Clean Their Rooms (substack.com) . Awards IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan Gold Award For more posts about Franki and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of th

  Franki Bagdade, author of  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them ,  asks if you are still looking for the perfect gift for your kids? Check out the suggestions at her blog . Awards IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan Gold Award For more posts about Franki and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of ou

  In her weekly blog this week, Franki Bagdade, author of  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , offers free positive feedback cards for the holidays. Awards for Franki's book: IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan Gold Award For more posts about Franki and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.  Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can!  Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .  

  In "Putting the Fun into Functional Anxiety," Franki Bagdade, author of  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them ,  writes: I woke up gasping for breath. I had a horrible nightmare. I was with the girls in some big city, I was holding something in my hand (yogurt, actually, whatever subconscious...) and I told Ruby not to run towards the bridge and she did and flipped over it and I woke up with the startle that I lost her. Read the rest HERE . Awards IAN Book of the Year Literary Titan Gold Award For more posts about Franki and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Pur

  In Psychology Today , Dr. Kristin Wilcox, co-author of the award-winning book,  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , reviewed  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Liked Them   by Franki Bagdade. She writes: [Right-sizing expectations] is a major theme throughout the book. Understanding your child and what is reasonable for you to expect from them is crucial to the parent–child relationship. I know my ADHD son will not listen to me if he is hyperfocused on a particular task, yet I still get annoyed when I am talking to him and being ignored. It took some time, and learning about his ADHD, to realize he does not ignore me on purpose; he truly doesn’t hear me speaking to him when his ADHD brain is otherwise engaged. I need to get his attention first or wait until he reaches a break in what he is doing before discussing something with him. I had to right size my expectations for how my son behaves, and how his ADHD brain works. It is all about setting reasonable expec

  Franki Bagdade, author of the award-winning book, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Liked Them , recently reviewed  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain  by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox. She writes: Kristen Wilcox and I have a few things in common. We are both authors who write about ADHD, our first books were both published by MSI Press and we are both parenting AWESOME kids with ADHD. I recently had the pleasure of reading  “Andrew’s Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain”  co-written by both Kristen and her son Andrew. This is THE book, I wish I had when I was a classroom teacher. This is THE book I wish I had back in 1985 when I was diagnosed. Read the rest of the review HERE . BOOK AWARDS Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain 2022 Literary Titan Gold Award winner 2022 Best Indie Book Award winner 2023 Readers' Favorite Book Award winner For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Foll