Guest Blogs
Welcome to the No Judgment Zone! Read these essays, diary entries, and snapshots of daily life written by ADDitude readers who are parenting children with ADHD, living with adult ADHD, and all of the above.
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“Hobbies Should Matter to ADHD Kids”
School is important, but it's not the only thing that will prepare you for the future, says this seve...
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“The Boy Who Got Off Track”
ADHD-PI kids fall through the cracks…even more sometimes if the...
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“To Medicate or Not to Medicate?”
It is the question no parent welcomes, "Should our son take medication?" And even after we grappled...
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“Marshmallows, Jellybeans, and ADHD”
The sweet possibilities of your child’s ever-curious A...
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“Meltdown in the ER”
My wife hid her panic attacks and clinical depression from me, and my own ADHD challenges got in the...
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“The Terror of Filling Out My Child’s Permission Slip”
For an ADHD mom, there is no such thing as having “g...
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“The Inattentive Gardener”
Only the strong plants survive my...
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“Me”
ADHD poems can help people with the condition process the complex feelings that come with the...
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“An Open Letter from a Smart Kid with ADHD”
ADHD is your diagnosis, not your...
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“Mind Over Symptoms”
Adding mindfulness to your child’s treatment regimen can rewire his neurology and activate sluggish...
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“Driven Beyond Distraction”
When conditions are clear and roads are easy, my husband finds distractions in conversation and music...
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“Why Did the Penguin Want to Fly?”
I am like a penguin—I have an ADHD brain, and though I can’t “fly” the way society wants me to, I can...
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“The Curse of Good Behavior and Stellar Grades”
Our son was too respectful of adults, too smart, too socially adept for those behaviors to be ADHD...
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“It’s OK, Momma, It’s Gonna Be OK”
I worried that my son with ADHD wouldn’t be able to handle the grief of a funeral, but the sweet...
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Create Your Happy Space
How to hijack your ADHD brain to the sunny side of the street—my tricks to finding happines...