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My child has anxiety and I didn’t know. Anxiety can disrupt sleep patterns, and general worries can keep kids from getting a good night’s sleep. My son’s teacher told me one time that she noticed that he constantly watches her, waiting for her approval to move on to another task. Always talk to your child’s pediatrician and seek medical help if you are concerned that your child may suffer from anxiety or other mental disorder.

Unless you’ve dealt with the constant worry, judgement of others, and fear that you aren’t doing the right thing for your child, it’s hard to understand our world. Here are 10 things I wish you knew about my kid with ADHD. Looking back at those years through the lens of his ADHD diagnosis, I can now see that the toddler struggling to get out of my arms during church services was not the misbehaved child I imagined. I’ve learned that if I make anything a “challenge” or “race” he is more likely to cooperate.

I almost always err on the side of caution, dragging my coughing child to the pediatrician, who looks at me like I’m a crazy person because I brought my kid in with no fever. You know, the one who sends her kid to school with a cold, who exposes the whole class to his illness. The one whose kid got all the kids on the football team sick. But why are we so quick to blame other parents when our kids get sick?

After some trial and error, I found the best candy to make the moldable accents for the wands was plain old caramel pieces. Here is what you need to make Harry Potter Edible Wizard Wands: Unwrap the caramel candies, put them in a microwave-safe bowl and place in the microwave on high for 10 to 15 seconds to soften. Let the caramel cool a little, then roll the caramel between your hands to make a long tube of candy. You can find more fun edible crafts like this one in my book, Awesome Edible Kids Crafts.