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...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach Q: How Do I Handle My Teen’s Acts of Daily Defiance and Disrespect? If your teen makes a rude remark, that's fairly typical teenage defiance. If she spits in your face,...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder What Does Oppositional Defiant Disorder Look Like in Adults? An adult with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) may feel mad at the world, and lose his temper...
Webinars & Podcasts “How Oppositional Defiant Disorder Ruptures Families — and How You Can Learn to Manage It” [Video Replay & Podcast #349] Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#349), download the slide presentation, and...
Oppositional Behavior When “No!” Is Your Child’s First Impulse: ODD Parenting Advice Oppositional defiant disorder causes children to refuse requests, defy parents, and torment siblings....
Behavior & Discipline “All Behavior is Communication:” The Discipline Approaches That Work for Real ADHD Families The best discipline approach for a child with ADHD? It doesn’t exist — at least not in any universal,...
Guest Blogs “We’re Raising a Cat in a Dog World” “I’ve used the cat-dog metaphor to describe what it’s like to raise my son, who is gifted, with ADHD...
Guest Blogs Q: My Child Is Dr. Jekyll at School, Mr. Hyde at Home “When I see children exhibiting behavior challenges at home, but none of it appears at school, that...
Teens with ADHD Like Hugging a Time Bomb: How to Calm an Emotionally Dysregulated Teen with ADHD Exploding? Cursing? Slamming doors and stonewalling? If your teen’s emotions are equal parts volatile...
Ask the Experts Q: “My Child Asks ‘Why’ Constantly and I Can’t Handle the Defiance!” “Why” questions are not necessarily a sign of defiance in children with ADHD, who need to be...
Webinars & Podcasts How to Manage Challenging Behavior Problems in Children & Teens with ADHD Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#353), download the slide presentation, and...
Guest Blogs “Should We Drop the ODD Label?” Should we stop using the oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) label to describe children with ADHD who...
Webinars & Podcasts “Discipline Strategies for ADHD: How to Manage Your Child’s Most Challenging Behaviors” [Video Replay & Podcast #346] Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#346), download the slide presentation, and...
ADHD in Boys Why Dads Never “Win” Power Struggles with Their ADHD Boys Power struggles exhaust parents and strain relationships. This is especially true for fathers and...
Oppositional Behavior “Couldn’t I Just Stay Home from School Forever?” School avoidance is common among children with ADHD. Bullying, boredom, bad grades, or even an...