"Raising Socially Smart Tweens & Teens" with ADHD Dude Ryan Wexelblatt [Video Replay and Podcast #390]
Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#390), download the slide presentation, and learn how to get a certificate of attendance for this ADHD Experts webinar originally broadcast on March 2, 2022.
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I’m concerned about the idea of “fake outs” as healthy behavior. ADHD adults are exceptionally prone to saying yes too often to commitments that are not a good use of their time, and can lead to wasted energy, burnout, and disappointing the person you are trying to please as well as your more appropriate commitments (work, family etc.) because you’ve taken on too much and struggle with prioritizing. It’s also why ADHD adults and kids both are prone to following around popular, charismatic people at the expensive of people who treat them better: the tendency to people-please, maybe because of lack of self-esteem or simply because the charismatic person keeps asking for more. Teaching kids that lying about your interests is a good way to make friends seems like it will simply make these problems worse in adulthood.