Mental & Physical Health in Children with ADHD

ADDitude magazine explains how nutrition, exercise, and anxiety impact the mental and physical health of children with attention deficit disorder

• Overcoming Childhood Shyness
  Expert advice for helping children with ADHD and learning disabilities... more »
• Keeping Kids Safe
  Expert tips to help parents avoid some common risks to... more »
• Raising Compassionate Kids with ADHD
  Increase your child’s empathy quotient and watch self-esteem rise... more »
• What Kids Need to Be Happy
  Dr. Ned Hallowell on how to raise happy children... more »
• Shuteye Strategies for ADHD Children
  Five ways to help your ADD child get the sleep... more »
• 10 Simple Summer Dinners for ADHD Children
  Easy dinner ideas that deliver needed nutrition to ADHD children... more »
• How to Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem: ADHD Parenting Advice
  Many kids with ADHD and learning disabilities also struggle with... more »
• 'Mom, I Hurt Myself'
  Kids with ADHD have more accidents — unless parents step... more »

• ADHD & Driving: Keep Teens Safe on the Road
  "My 18-year-old daughter wants to get her driver’s license, but... more »
• ADD Family Members
  "My ADD mom and sister drive me crazy with their... more »
• A Sweet Tooth
  "My daughter craves sweets, but has little appetite when she's... more »
• Eating Sensitivity
  "My daughter has always been a picky eater. Now at... more »
• Reassuring a Homesick Child
  "My nine-year-old gets homesick no matter where he goes, even... more »

• Take the Fight Out of Food: How to Prevent and Solve Your Child’s Eating Problems
  How addressing your child's eating habits will stop fights over... more »
• Make Summer Safer
  A how-to guide to summer safety... more »
• Stress: Keeping Your Cool at School
  How to help stressed-out students... more »
• 5 Tips for Feeding ADHD Kids
  Nutrition rules to live - and eat - by... more »
• How ADDers Can Focus
  Physical activity — and plenty of it — will help... more »
• A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
  A walking, talking cerebrum named Fred reassures a worried little... more »
• Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn to Focus
  Structured activities to improve attention... more »
• Just Juice
  Third-grader Juice and her family tackle tough problems like poverty,... more »
• How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star
  Young Benny finally gets special help for his dyslexia and... more »
• The Joey Pigza Series
  Kind and impulsive Joey tackles heavy problems like divorce and... more »

• Teenage Help
  My son is 16 and has always been very active... more »
• Behavior Problems
  My 14-year-old daughter has been on meds since 2nd grade... more »
• ADHD Coach
  I live in the Metro Detroit area in Michigan... more »
• Behaviour changes for gifted child also diagnosed with ADD
  My 11 1/2 year old son was just diagnosed with... more »
• ADHD Superstars?
  Hello and thank you for your interest in my post... more »
• Is Anger a characteristic of ADHD?
  My son, 17 years old, recently was suspended from school... more »

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What steps are you taking to make this a successful summer for your child? Educational support Planning lots of structured activities Identified a suitable camp Talking to the doctor about a medication vacation We're planning lots of free time for our kid to just be a kid