For Parents
If your child has ADHD, you know that standard parenting strategies don’t always work. Here, learn ADD-tested discipline tips, positive parenting techniques, how to manage treatment, school and learning resources, and more.
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Support & Stories
ADHD Role Models We Love
"If you're a young person being called weird or different, I'm here to tell you that your critics do...
Positive Parenting
Raising a Child Who Wants to Behave
"I've yelled, lectured, threatened, given time-outs, and even spanked — and nothing works!" So, what...
Screen Time
Why Do Kids with ADHD Get Hooked on Fortnite?
It’s violent. It’s fast-paced. It’s funny. But the attraction to Fortnite goes deeper for many...
Free Downloads
Your Free Guide to the 40 Best Accommodations for Children with ADHD or LD
Help your child succeed in school by using this free downloadable guide to pinpoint problems in the...
Holidays & Travel
Turn Holiday Hassles Into Holiday Hurrahs!
Use these tips to minimize holiday stress for children with ADHD. Help them enjoy the season fully —...
Diet & Nutrition
What to Eat, What to Avoid
A well-rounded diet can have a powerful, positive effect on your cognition, mood, memory, and...
Behavior & Discipline
Never Punish a Child for Behavior Outside His Control
Make ADHD the enemy; not your child. Catch your child being good every day. Stop blaming others. And...
Free Downloads
Your Free Guide to Ending Confrontations and Defiance
When your traditional discipline methods aren't working, what do you do? Change focus. More...
Positive Parenting
10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Child
Parents aren't perfect, and we all wish we could take back some things we've said to our kids in the...
Teens with ADHD
Inside Your Teen’s ADHD Mind
“Adolescent boys with ADHD are their own worst enemies because they refuse to ask for help." How to...
Symptom Tests for Children
[Self-Test] The ADHD Test for Girls
ADHD looks different in girls. It is, at times, easy to mistake for hormones, anxiety, or a learning...
Mornings
If Your Mornings Are Hell, Read This
Kids with ADHD often lack the executive function skills needed to wake up, get dressed, brush teeth,...
Rewards & Consequences
A Kinder “Time-Out” That Really Works
Traditional time-outs rely on the "crazy idea that to make children do better, we must first make...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach
Q: The Big Problem of Even Bigger Homework Meltdowns
You are exhausted by your teen’s resistance to homework — yelling, slamming doors, and refusing to...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Why Is My Child So Angry?!
Beaten down by your child's defiant behavior? Wondering why she's always in a rage? It could be...