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...
Meltdowns & Anger To Master Anger, First Understand It Your child is prone to violent outbursts and angry tirades, which is frustrating — not to mention...
Rewards & Consequences Q: “What Rewards Will Motivate Good Behavior from My Child?” For many children with ADHD, rewards for good behavior are only motivating if they are new,...
Rewards & Consequences Mo’ Problems? Raising Smart Spenders (and Savers) with ADHD Money management skills sometimes elude children with (and without) ADHD when they don’t understand...
“The Power of Positive Reinforcement: Why Rewards Trump Punishments for Students with ADHD” [Video Replay & Podcast #420] Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#420), download the slide presentation, and...
Screen Time For the Love of Gaming: Why It Hooks Kids with ADHD Your ADHD gamer is glued to the screen for hours, but tires of reading after a few minutes. What is...
Rewards & Consequences The Science of Reward vs. Punishment for Children with ADHD Neurology shows that the ADHD brain is particularly sensitive to positive reinforcement and to...
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,...
Caregiver Blogs “Why That First Paycheck Is Priceless” Teen jobs are a rite of passage, and a (sometimes painful but incredibly important) way to learn...
ADHD News & Research Punishment Avoidance Strongly Motivates Behavior of Children with ADHD What motivates children with ADHD? According to a new study, the threat of punishment motivates...
Guest Blogs “The School Incident That Shattered My Heart – and Taught Me How to Discipline with Love.” “I must be calm and pretend I’ve got myself together. I can’t over-react, but what is the right level...
Rewards & Consequences It’s Not Bribery. It’s Brain Chemistry. “The anticipation of a reward creates dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters not playing nice in our...
“Motivate Your ADHD Child: What Makes Kids Tick and How Parents Can Help” [podcast episode #55] In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 55, Ann Dolin teaches parents how to inspire initiative in...
“Carrot & Stick: Dealing with Challenging Behaviors in Young Children with ADHD” [podcast episode #7] In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 7, Mary Rooney, Ph.D., advises parents of ADHD children on...
Behavior & Discipline The Secret to Better Behavior? No Punishment at All If you’re exhausted and running out of ideas to correct your child’s difficult behaviors, you’re not...