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03/21/2026

If you are parenting a child with ADHD and feel like you have tried everything you have been told to try and nothing is sticking, you are not short on effort. What is hard to find is advice that is practical, evidence-informed, and grounded in what actually changes behavior at home.

That gap is what keeps so many parents stuck. And it is what other parents in groups like this one are trying to help each other navigate when they point each other toward something that actually worked for their family.

To every parent who has ever shared ADHD Dude with another family who needed it, thank you. That means more than I can say.

When you have the right tools, you are not just managing behavior. You are helping your child build real skills and discover what they are actually capable of. That is what the ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training programs are built to help you do.

The membership includes access to all programs, a sequence to follow based on your child's age, and twice-monthly live Office Hours where you can bring your specific questions and get them answered directly.

For anyone who has ever taken the time to recommend this method to another family, please know how much I appreciate your support today and every day.

03/20/2026

When your child argues constantly or refuses to follow directions, it stops feeling like parenting and starts feeling like survival.

Medication can help with impulsivity and emotional reactivity. But it does not teach your child how to stop arguing, accept a no, or follow directions without a fight. Those skills come from you.

For children under 6 with ADHD, evidence-informed Parent Behavior Training is the primary recommended first step. For children 6 and older, the recommendation is Parent Behavior Training in combination with medication management when warranted.

Not all parent training is the same. Evidence-informed Parent Behavior Training is built on research-tested interventions.
who sets the conditions for cooperation, not the one

When you learn how to respond to arguing and refusals in a way that stops reinforcing them, something shifts. You become the one who sets the conditions for cooperation, not the one chasing it.

A child who learns to accept direction and follow through on expectations is a child being prepared for the real world. You are the one who makes that possible.

The ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training programs, Capable & Confident for ages 4-7, Scaffolding Better Behavior for ages 8-17, and the Creating Daily Expectations courses are grounded in evidence-based interventions. Start today - link in the comments section.

References
American Academy of Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder. (2019). Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents. Pediatrics, 144(4), e20192528.
Chronis-Tuscano, A., Molina, B. S. G., Pelham, W. E., Applegate, B., Dahlke, A., Overmyer, M., & Lahey, B. B. (2024). Improving the efficacy and effectiveness of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents. Translational Psychiatry, 14, 244.
Pliszka, S., & AACAP Work Group on Quality Issues. (2007). Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(7), 894–921.

03/19/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿.

𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲:

Many parents in this situation feel exactly the way you do. You love your child and understand his struggles, but behaviors like shouting, cursing, aggression, or damaging property still have to be addressed.

Many parents also feel like they are constantly walking on eggshells, trying to prevent the next outburst.

In the research, patterns like this are sometimes referred to as 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀. This describes situations where a child uses coercion, intimidation, verbal aggression, or property destruction to gain control over situations or escape expectations. Over time, families often begin organizing their lives around trying to prevent the child’s escalations.

It may also help to know that talk therapy, including CBT, is not considered an evidence-based treatment for younger children with ADHD. Research shows CBT can help older teens and adults with ADHD who are motivated to participate, but it has not been shown to be effective for younger children.

Talk therapy is also often counterintuitive to how many boys communicate. Sitting in an office and being asked to label feelings or answer “why” questions can feel uncomfortable or patronizing to many boys. Boys often talk more naturally during activities and without direct eye contact.

The evidence-based approach for children with ADHD is Parent Behavior Training, not therapy. Instead of asking the child to change, parents learn how to change their responses to the child’s behavior.

Parents learn how to reduce accommodation, set clear daily expectations, and require children to earn privileges like video games or other preferred activities. As parents stop reinforcing coercive behavior patterns, these behaviors often decrease and can stop altogether.

When severe behaviors are being used to control the home, the solution is not more talking. It is changing the parents’ responses. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽-𝗯𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲.

03/18/2026

"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱."

If your child has been struggling, you've probably found yourself looking for an explanation. Something that makes the behavior feel less frightening and more understandable.

That instinct makes complete sense. You love your child. You want to get it right.

But some of the explanations parents arrive at aren't just unhelpful. They quietly limit what our kids become.

Explanations like: "My child has a nervous system disorder, so they can't handle frustration or demands." Or "Their brain just isn't built for expectations."

Those narratives feel compassionate. But there's no evidence that children who struggle with behavior are incapable of learning emotional regulation, cooperation, or consideration for family members.

What the evidence actually points to is less complicated than most parents expect: clear expectations, consistent limits, predictable follow-through, and repeated practice doing difficult things with adult support. That's you, in your home, deciding to hold the line and stay present when things get hard.

When parents accept the "can't handle it" story, they lower expectations, step in too quickly, and unknowingly remove the very experiences that would build capability. Not because they're doing something wrong. Because the story convinced them that protecting their child meant pulling back.

Here's what's at stake if that continues: a child who is never asked to practice hard things stops believing they can. Their world shrinks. They don't build the skills to navigate a world that will not accommodate them.

And here's what becomes possible when you decide to set expectations, hold limits, and stay in the room instead of rescuing: your child starts to see themselves differently. They stop believing "this is just how I am." They start believing "I can do hard things."

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱.

You already have what it takes to change this. ADHD Dude Parent Training at ADHDDude.com shows you how. Link in the comments section to start your Parent Training today.

03/18/2026

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𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿....

03/17/2026

Did anyone explain to you what can happen when understanding becomes the whole strategy? Because for many parents, the answer is no. You followed the guidance, you gave more grace, and somewhere along the way, you started absorbing more and more of your child's emotional storms. That quiet exhaustion, the feeling that setting any limit might make things worse, is what happens when understanding replaces boundaries instead of working alongside them.

Your child's meltdowns and outbursts are not personal. But dysregulation does not give a child a pass to treat the people they love poorly. What actually changes behavior is calm authority that validates the feeling while holding the limit. That is how emotional regulation is taught, not through deep breaths in the heat of the moment, but through a parent who models affective calmness and holds the line anyway.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. That belief does not disappear at 18. You do not have to keep absorbing your child's dysregulation while hoping it works itself out. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

03/16/2026

03/15/2026

If you've spent years sitting beside your child every night just to get homework done, you know the exhaustion. But if you're honest, there's something heavier underneath it. A worry that your child simply cannot do this without you. And a guilt that maybe you've made it that way.

That guilt is worth paying attention to, because something important is happening that most parents don't see until someone names it. When a child learns that sitting passively gets them rescued from hard work, they stop developing the resilience to push through on their own. It's called learned helplessness, and it doesn't always look passive. It can sound like "I'm stupid, I can't do it." It can look like shutting down, hitting themselves, or falling apart emotionally. These aren't just meltdowns. They're a child who has learned that distress gets them rescued, and every time it works, their belief that they cannot cope without help grows a little stronger.

You have more power here than you realize. Through a gradual release of responsibility, you can begin stepping back in a way that's structured and intentional, not abandoning your child, but giving them the room to discover what they're actually capable of. That's where real confidence lives. Not in being told they're smart, but in a child recognizing in themselves that they did something they didn't think they could do.

If nothing changes, that moment never comes. But when you make this shift, the ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training programs will help you do it in a way that's realistic and designed for the ADHD brain, so your child can learn how truly capable they are.

03/14/2026

𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲:

This is absolutely within the scope of what I address as a licensed clinical social worker, and I'm glad you reached out.

A pediatrician should not be suggesting Borderline Personality Disorder in a child. You went in for a medication check and left with a potential diagnosis that a pediatrician is not qualified to make, is not appropriate for your daughter's age, and makes sense why it may leave you concerned and confused.

Just because a professional suggests a diagnosis does not mean they made that diagnosis accurately.

Many of the behaviors used to diagnose personality disorders overlap with what we commonly see in children and teens with ADHD, including emotional dysregulation, more severe behaviors, and anxiety. When those behaviors are evaluated out of context, a professional can start checking boxes on a diagnostic list even when something else entirely is driving the behavior.

It is also important to understand that personality disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions like ADHD are fundamentally different. A personality disorder is a mental health condition. ADHD is a condition of lagging brain maturity in certain areas. Treating them as the same thing, or confusing one for the other, can place a child on a treatment path for a condition they do not actually have.

My suggestion is that if you want to help your daughter build skills such as emotional regulation, flexibility, cooperation, and consideration for the needs of family members, focus on building those skills, not trying to determine a diagnostic label, given that you can go to 20 different providers and get 20 different diagnoses or labels put on your child.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽-𝗯𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘀.

03/13/2026

If school day mornings feel like you're constantly chasing someone who's always one step behind, shoes, water bottle, backpack, and it's you doing all the chasing, you're not doing it wrong. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, and it's one of the most common and draining patterns in ADHD parenting. The harder truth is that prompt dependence doesn't come from your child being difficult. It comes from the ADHD brain's struggle with nonverbal working memory, the ability to visualize doing something before actually doing it. Your child isn't ignoring you. They genuinely cannot picture the next step without something external triggering it. And when that something external is always you, the dependence deepens over time instead of fading.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. That shift doesn't happen overnight, but it can happen faster than most parents expect, and when it does, something else happens too. Your child's confidence grows, because they're experiencing what it feels like to do things on their own.

That's exactly what 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, giving your child the foundational executive function skills they need to move toward independence in a way that's realistic for their brain.

When you're ready to make mornings feel less like a rescue mission and more like a routine that actually runs, you can find it at ADHDDude.com.

03/12/2026

If every ask turns into an argument, and you're exhausted from explaining, reminding, and negotiating just to get basic cooperation, that's not a parenting failure. That's what happens when an ADHD brain doesn't have the structure it needs to know what's coming next.

The problem isn't your child's willingness. Expectations are being set in the moment, when resistance is already high, and the ADHD brain is already overwhelmed. No amount of explaining or threatening gets traction there because the consistent structure that ADHD kids depend on was never in place to begin with.

What actually changes this is setting clear, specific expectations in advance through what are called pre-steps, and pairing them with currency, the privileges your child actually cares about earning. When your child knows what's expected before the moment arrives, and understands what they're working toward, the dynamic shifts. Cooperation becomes the natural result of a home environment that finally makes sense to their brain. And when expectations aren't met, you don't negotiate. You stay calm, remind them of the next opportunity, and move on. No lectures. No power struggles.

That's the foundation of the Creating Daily Expectations courses inside the Parent Behavior Training programs at ADHDDude.com, built to help you establish this consistency in a way that's realistic for your child's age and sustainable for your family. When you're ready to make daily life feel less like a negotiation and more like a home that works, that's where to start.

03/11/2026

In today's episode, GrowNOW ADHD and I answer parent-submitted questions.

Topics discussed include:
-How to help a child who wants friends but resists reaching out, -How to manage conflict between siblings at different developmental levels
-How parents can respond when a teen starts avoiding responsibilities by claiming they're not feeling well.

We also address a controversial ADHD treatment that involves brain scans. If you're a parent trying to balance support, structure, and realistic expectations for your child, this episode should give you some practical ways to think about those challenges.

Link to listen in the comments section. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast, etc.