Making friends — it can either be a cakewalk, or complete torture. For children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, it has always been the latter. An ADHD-diagnosed child is continually in doubt with everything they do, so establishing lasting friendships is going to be an issue for them. As a parent, how can we help our young ones create lasting friendships with others without having to tremble in fear of rejection?
Defiant, oppositional and explosive behaviour is more apparent than all other challenges experienced by children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD). Most parents with ADHD children, when faced with violent, defiant and non-compliant behaviours, resort to Reactive parenting. Thing is, sometimes it just doesn’t work. But, there’s always Plan B - Proactive parenting. This serves better chances of handling your child’s explosive behaviour and provides better ways to develop skills in parenting an ADHD kid.
As an adult with ADHD, you might already be feeling like you have so much on your plate. Everything is hard to organize; you feel so restless, feel the need to be on time and remember all the things you need to do for the rest of the day. Mind the pressure of the society that demands and has set standards that will qualify you as a good parent...and then add an ADHD child to the equation. Parenting a child with ADHD is definitely not for the faint-hearted, and it becomes more dreadful when you have ADHD yourself.
One of the features of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD) is Executive Function Disorder or Executive Dysfunction. Executive dysfunction happens when an ADHD child has a problem with the executive functions of the brain.
