Self Esteem
I Doubted My Child – Then She Showed Me What It Really Means to Believe in Yourself
I thought my daughter would miss the talent show deadline. But after a close call, she blew me away –...
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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From Denial to Hope: My Son’s ADHD Diagnosis Journey
The stages of ADHD diagnosis and understanding are different for everyone. On the path to my son's...
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“I Thought I Was a Weed. Now I Nourish Wild Flowers in My Classroom.”
“If most of your time is spent just trying to fit in and perform at school, grades become intertwined...
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Quarantine Burnout is a Real (Mental and Physical) Health Risk
Pandemic fatigue has set in. After two seasons in isolation, mental health providers continue to see...
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COVID Time is Warped, Dodgy, and Baffling — a Lot Like ADHD Time
“My sense of time expands and contracts like a jellyfish, sometimes suspended, other times shooting...
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“The Model Minority Myth Left No Room for My ADHD”
"If I wasn’t being shamed by my parents for my grades and apparent laziness, I was being judged at...
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“Why My ADHD Summer Camp Is Sold Out This Year”
For 6 weeks this summer, families across the country will send their boys to Margate, New Jersey, for...
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Ping! Alert! Why That Barrage of News Updates is Bad for Your Mental Health
“Media outlets take advantage of this thing called negativity bias. The human brain cannot help but...
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How I Lost 10 Years of My Life
“There is a kind of grief, a sense of simmering anger, that has taken up residence in the space that...
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“How a Culture of Impossibly High Standards Denied My Mental Health Struggles”
“Growing up, the stigma associated with academic inferiority was huge. I liked writing; my parents...
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The Deafening Silence of My Anxiety: ADHD and Sound Sensitivity in Lockdown
“For me, anxiety plus too many mixed sounds equal brain malfunction. So, you’d think that an eerily...
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6 Social Learning Activities for a Socially-Distanced Summer
"A huge chunk of your child's social-emotional learning takes place in adolescence, when time with...