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Understanding the Dopamine Dilemma: Why Your Child Craves Stimulation
The Dopamine Dilemma Dopamine is a feel-good chemical in our brain that is responsible for pleasure, but did you know that it is also responsible for focus, motivation, mood, memory and learning? Unfortunately, kids with ADHD have low levels of dopamine and seek it out in undesirable ways. So, how can you improve the dopamine…
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ADHD From Your Child’s Perspective
As a parent, our lives are constantly moving and keeping up with the demands of work, parenting, and managing a household is overwhelming. So, before we dive into how to understand ADHD from your child’s perspective, I want you to take a moment for some self-compassion. This shit is hard and we are all doing…
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Overwhelmed By Parenting Your Child With ADHD? Five changes to make right now
Whether your child has been recently diagnosed with ADHD or it is something you have been dealing with for years, parenting and navigating ADHD can be overwhelming and exhausting. The good news is that you don’t have to be overwhelmed by parenting a child with ADHD. You might be surprised by the five things you…
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A New Approach to Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
Raising a child with ADHD comes with many challenges. One challenge that many parents seek to solve is dealing with difficult behaviors. They find that traditional parenting methods used when their kids are ineffective, and parenting books just don’t seem to help. If you are frustrated and confused, too, it is time to learn the…
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The Problem with Parenting Books – How to find long-lasting solutions that work
Have you read every parenting book in Barnes and Noble, followed every parenting influencer on Instagram and pinned all of the amazing parenting advice on Pinterest but nothing seems to stick? Perhaps things improve for days, weeks or months but eventually, you find yourself back in the same pattern of yelling, crying, bribing and blaming.…
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Does Your Child Struggle with Black-and-White Thinking?
Many kids with ADHD struggle with black-and-white thinking. When presented with problems, they typically only see two extreme options. This is the best – This is the worst, I am so smart – I’m an idiot. You always… – You never… How do you get an ADHD child to move away from black-and-white thinking? Add…
