Meltdowns & Anger "Some Days, I Wish We'd Never Left the House" If your child stages public meltdowns — not just once in a blue moon, but what feels like nearly...
Teens with ADHD Reframe Your Teen’s Bad Behavior With “Unconditional Parenting” "Your insistence on good behavior may be more about your need to feel like a successful parent than...
Meltdowns & Anger Anger Is Important — But Only When It’s Managed Anger leads the list of emotions that can get kids into trouble. Here are simple anger management...
Meltdowns & Anger Q: My ADHD Teen Reacts Aggressively to Limits! Anger issues erupt when teens with ADHD lack clear boundaries and consequences. Good behavior results...
Ask the Experts Q: My Son Threatens Violence to Get His Way When you tell your son "No," does he lash out in anger and threaten to break things? If you give in...
Guest Blogs “My Tantrum-Taming Recipe” Start with calmness. Add generous amounts of sympathy and connection, and perhaps you can stop the...
Teens with ADHD Fire and Ice: 4 Strategies for Dealing with Your Unpredictable Middle Schooler Your tween screams insults in your face — then bursts into tears when you get upset. She insists...
Guest Blogs “Adulting Is Hard. Teening May Be Harder.” For my son, puberty brought with it more defiance and arguments. Our no-nonsense parenting approach...
Guest Blogs “10 Things People Say to You When You’re Raising an Extreme Child” And how to respond thoughtfully when you want to scream and yell and...
Meltdowns & Anger ADDitude Asked: Preventing Meltdowns Help children manage their anger with this advice from parents on avoiding and handling temper...
Guest Blogs The Nightmare of “Back to Baseline” on ADHD and ODD Medications The mad, mad world of medicating — and un-medicating — a child diagnosed with AD...
Meltdowns & Anger Defuse the Tween Drama As your child matures, his meltdowns should stop, right? Not exactly. As hormones kick into high...
Meltdowns & Anger The Sad Truth About Tantrum Triggers Your child's outbursts are not random. Her tantrums often follow on the heels of a mistake that...
Behavioral Therapy The Power of Validation to Soothe Supersensors Discover how DBT helps kids with ADHD manage their intense emotions – and the critical role paren...
Caregiver Blogs “My Child’s Short Fuse Lights My Short Fuse.” “Maybe soon I’ll add ‘measured response to frustration’ to the list of things I can pass on to my...