Positive Parenting Raising a Child Who Wants to Behave "I've yelled, lectured, threatened, given time-outs, and even spanked — and nothing works!" So, what...
Teens with ADHD 6 Ways to Deal with Your Teen’s Rude and Disrespectful Behavior Your child’s lying, pushback, and disrespectful behavior is almost always more than meet...
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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder Top Emotion Regulation Difficulties for Youth with ADHD Emotion regulation difficulties in youth with ADHD range from irritability to DMDD. Here, caregivers...
Positive Parenting Parenting the Defiant Child Changing patterns of negative, hostile, or defiant behavior require patience and practice. Start with...
Behavior & Discipline “It Wasn’t Me!” Why Children with ADHD Lie Why do children lie? Before you blame your child’s moral character, take a closer look behind the...
Behavior & Discipline Why Spanking Your Kids Is Harmful When kids feel out of control, they need their parents to respond calmly. Spanking is the opposite of...
Guest Blogs Learn the Right Reasons for Your Child’s “Wrong” Behavior When a child with ADHD misbehaves, sometimes it's willful disobedience. More often, though, these...
Meltdowns & Anger Anger Is Important — But Only When It’s Managed Anger leads the list of emotions that can get kids into trouble. Here are simple anger management...
For Teachers Easily Distracted? How to Tune Out Distractions & Focus on School Children with ADHD experience a lower level of brain arousal, which means they are easily distracted...
Positive Parenting Dear Parents: You Are the Solution… …to your child’s biggest struggles with ADHD. The Fix You First approach to ADHD therapy recognizes...
Parenting “The Best Neurodivergent Parenting Tips I’ve Ever Received Are…” What are the best neurodivergent parenting tips you’ve ever received? Here are 14 inspiring pieces of...
Rewards & Consequences How to Encourage Good Behavior in Children with ADHD Whether your child struggles with following directions or is a chronic name-caller, learn how to...
Teens with ADHD Reframe Your Teen’s Bad Behavior With “Unconditional Parenting” "Your insistence on good behavior may be more about your need to feel like a successful parent than...
Teens with ADHD Don't Freak Out! And 13 More Rules for Navigating Teen Behavior Challenges Too strict. Or, too wishy-washy. Lecturing constantly. Or hardly communicating. Inconsistent...