Family Dynamics and ADHD Articles

family dynamics

“The impact on my mood of living in a messy house with five roommates might have been barely...

Every holiday season, we face a persistent challenge: how to respond to family members who don’t...

ADHD parents tend to have ADHD kids, though many mothers and fathers only recognize their symptoms...

“What did I ultimately glean from my informal Facebook research on mothers with ADHD? All of them...

“I was diagnosed with ADHD two months prior to learning about my mom’s own secret diagnosis....

In a recent survey, ADDitude readers shared stories of how ADHD has run in their families for...

When father-son dynamics are complicated by ADHD, conflict may be more frequent, volatile, and...

Sibling fights seem to erupt more frequently and virulently when ADHD is in the mix. During...

Sibling rivalry — particularly in ADHD households — grows more worrisome, frequent, and loud in lock...

Pandemic family stress has many roots: financial insecurity, close quarters, virus fears, learning...

Do you field unsolicited advice from judgmental family members and friends who don't understand ADHD?...

The experts tell us that we act as our kids’ external executive functions right through high school...