Parent Groups

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 whole process easier.

In ADHD families, emotions often get in the way.  Hard feelings about a past slight, the shame of repeated failure, and sudden frustrated flair-ups cause all sorts of issues.  During this week, we’ll look at how to avoid these challenges when it’s possible to do so, and better navigate them when it’s not. And we’ll address The Wall of Awful.

How to get our kids to do what we ask of them, and what to do when they don’t.  After all, yelling is overrated, and threatening will only get you so far.  During this week, we’ll work on changing perspectives, building skills and developing options that let us avoid yelling and threatening as much as possible, while still having effective consequences, and fostering compliance.

If you’re like most ADHD parents, you’re not doing enough to take care of yourself.  During this week, we’ll start the process of swapping that self-neglect with some self-care. You matter. You’re worth the effort.

Strong, healthy social 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, as well as how to find and foster new ones.

“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.