Guest Blogs Finding My Own Tempo Amidst the Cacophony The sensory onslaught of New York City was unnerving and unsettling at the onset of my college...
Family 3 Good (and Curable) Reasons Your Family is So Stressed Out Pandemic family stress has many roots: financial insecurity, close quarters, virus fears, learning...
Guest Blogs My Escape from New York In the first days of 2020, I moved to Manhattan to begin my editorial internship at ADDitude. Ten...
School & Learning “I’ve Been Homeschooling for Years. Here’s What I Want You to Know.” Rule One: Your child cannot learn if they are not feeling safe. No matter what the teacher or...
Caregiver Blogs The Exhaustion Problem in Extreme Parenting I am exhausted in a way that parents of neurotypical children may never understand. After 8 years of...
The Emotional Side “8 Ways I Will Rescue Myself from My Own Worst ADHD Instincts” I'm an EMT (emotional maintenance technician) when it comes to rescuing and repairing other people...
Accommodations 9 Ways I Hacked My ADHD Brain to Cipher School I was a smart, creative, tenacious girl who happened to have undiagnosed ADHD. In Catholic school, I...
Behavior & Discipline The Magical Thinking of ADHD Brains — and How It Drives Our Kids’ Lies “My child with ADHD had just done something impulsive — something outside her control — and was...
Positive Parenting Your Child Is Not Giving You a Hard Time. Your Child Is Having a Hard Time. When your child ignores, disregards, or otherwise disobeys you, punishment is an understandable...
Guest Blogs To the Mom Who Saw What I Was Too Tense to Notice Amid the meltdowns and act-ups, the kicking and punching, I can forget—much to my own shame—how sweet...
Guest Blogs Mr. Distracted: The Strong, Brave Superhero with ADHD ADHD medication helped my son take charge of his attention issues, and learn how to use them to his...
ADHD in Women ADHD, Women, and the Danger of Emotional Withdrawal ADHD and emotional withdrawal — pulling away from friends, strangers, and loved ones alike — often...