ADHD Parenting
This comprehensive guide to parenting a child with ADHD won’t waste your time with run-of-the-mill advice. You need ADD-tested strategies, and here they are — everything you need to know about oppositional defiance, positive parenting, school and learning challenges, health and wellbeing, social skills, executive functions, treatment & more.
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Symptom Tests for Children
[Self-Test] Could My Child Have ADHD?
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Symptom Tests for Children
[Self-Test] Symptoms of Hyperactive Impulsive ADHD in Children
What do the hyperactive or impulsive symptoms of ADHD look like in a child’s everyday life? Could...
Positive Parenting
A Radically Positive Parenting Technique
Do you have a child with ADHD who just won’t listen or follow any rules? Is the situation so...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
Fight, Flight, Freeze… or Fib?
What if your child’s lying is not evidence of a character flaw or disrespect? What if his fibs are...
Screen Time
My Kids Are on Screens All Day: Is That Okay?
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ADHD Videos
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Strategies: 8 Discipline Rules
Children with oppositional defiant disorder are blatantly disobedient, disrespectful, and...
Meltdowns & Anger
When His Anger Overpowers Logic — and Love
Your child needs to express his anger. It is healthy and cathartic. "But the emotion should be like a...
Family
“My Kids Fight Nonstop!” How to Squash ADHD Sibling Rivalry in a Lockdown
Sibling rivalry — particularly in ADHD households — grows more worrisome, frequent, and loud in lock...
Positive Parenting
Positive Charge: How to Reinforce Good Behavior
Nagging doesn't work. Neither does yelling or spanking. You know why? Punishments tear down children,...
Emotions
Is My Child’s Distress Normal? Or Do We Need Help?
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Rewards & Consequences
10 Behavior Chart Rewards to Motivate Your Child
There is no magic in parenting. No one gleaming reward or perfect behavior chart will convince your...
Screen Time
Is Your Child Addicted to Video Games?
Playing a great video game is like living inside of a movie and being showered with gold coins. Is it...
Positive Parenting
The Most Obvious Pandemic Parenting Advice You May Not Be Following
"Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and flour feel essential, but the thing our kids need most right now...
Teens with ADHD
ADHD Symptoms in Teens: Your Guide to Warning Signs & Treatments for Adolescents
With its mood swings and hormonal changes, adolescence also brings new and unnerving ADHD symptoms in...
Making Friends
How to Make Friends: A Guide for Kids with ADHD (and Their Parents, Too)
Nothing breaks a parent's heart like seeing her child struggle to make friends. Sometimes, all our...