Parent Groups

Strong, healthy interpersonal connections help us carry the burden of parenthood. Strong, healthy social connections help our kids feel more connected to their school and community.  During this week, we’ll talk about how to strengthen already existing relationships, both inside and outside of the family, by honoring the needs and requests of our loved ones.  And we’ll also discuss ways to find and foster new connections when necessary.

Clear communication can be a struggle in an ADHD house, whether it’s between parent and child, parent and parent, or the parents and school.  During this week, we’ll explore ways to make the process easier.  We’ll look at ways to implement and improve verbal, nonverbal, written, and even symbolic communication in the home.

In ADHD families, anxiety often gets in the way.  Hard feelings about a past slight, the shame of repeated failure, and sudden frustrated flair-ups both cause, and are caused by, anxiety.  During this week, we’ll look at how to manage anxiety so we can avoid these challenges when possible, and better navigate them when it isn’t. And we’ll look at all of it through the lens of The Wall of Awful.

If you’re like most ADHD parents, you’re not doing enough to take care of yourself, and that makes it harder for you to care for your kids and family.  During this week, we’ll start the process of swapping that self-neglect for some self-care. It’s important. You matter. You’re worth the effort.

“How was your day?”  “Good.” It’s a common refrain across households. During this week, we’ll look at ways to ask better questions, so that we get better answers from our kids.  We’ll also look at ways to ask better questions of ourselves, so that we can see problems in a new light, and bring new approaches to bear in addressing them.  This week will also provide time to ask any lingering questions you may have about the topics we’ve explored during earlier weeks.