Celebrate Their Spark: A Positive Parenting Guide for ADHD Families

“It Turns Out My Angry Child Needed a Worthy Challenge.”

A psychologist told us many years ago that my daughter – bright, passionate, and diagnosed with ADHD...

“My husband thinks I’m coddling our son by not agreeing to a sizable consequence for his repeated...

“When we look below the surface of a behavior, we begin to see what our kids really need. That is the...

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“I think the years it took to get the diagnosis did a degree of damage to the psyches of the families...

“’But, why?’ he asked. I had to tell him there was no answer; this was just the way he was made. And...

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

My kid’s routine for eating soup is elaborate and ridiculous, and also comforting and important to...

Is porn addiction more common in teens with ADHD? Impulsivity and a strong dopamine drive may lead...

“Considering that we named him Race, I should have anticipated some intensity and drive in the kid....

“I’ve used the cat-dog metaphor to describe what it’s like to raise my son, who is gifted, with ADHD...

Swimming with my daughter and letting her direct our water play – no matter how goofy or peculiar the...

Tweens with ADHD often refuse to ask for help, reject it when it’s offered, or pretend that they’ve...

“I doused my little super hero in water everyday, and was livid that this didn't extinguish his...

“When your child is more likely than others to be bombarded with daily negativity and stigma, it’s...