Behavior Motivation: Consequences, Rewards, and Discipline Advice

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...

Your child is prone to violent outbursts and angry tirades, which is frustrating — not to mention...

For many children with ADHD, rewards for good behavior are only motivating if they are new,...

Money management skills sometimes elude children with (and without) ADHD when they don’t understand...

Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#420), download the slide presentation, and...

Your ADHD gamer is glued to the screen for hours, but tires of reading after a few minutes. What is...

Neurology shows that the ADHD brain is particularly sensitive to positive reinforcement and to...

The best discipline approach for a child with ADHD? It doesn’t exist — at least not in any universal,...

Teen jobs are a rite of passage, and a (sometimes painful but incredibly important) way to learn...

What motivates children with ADHD? According to a new study, the threat of punishment motivates...

“I must be calm and pretend I’ve got myself together. I can’t over-react, but what is the right level...

“The anticipation of a reward creates dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters not playing nice in our...

In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 55, Ann Dolin teaches parents how to inspire initiative in...

In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 7, Mary Rooney, Ph.D., advises parents of ADHD children on...

If you’re exhausted and running out of ideas to correct your child’s difficult behaviors, you’re not...