ADHD Chat with DrG Newsletter
Coping with ADHD as a parent and/or an ADHDer yourself presented by a neuropsychologist who is also the parent of two ADHD kids and married into an ADHD family.
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51: Playing the Long Game-Raising a Resilient Child with ADHD and RSD
You're not trying to fix your child. Let that be the first thing you hold onto. Your child is not broken. Their nervous system is...
50: RSD and Friendship - Helping Your Child Navigate Social Relationships
Friendships are essential for children. They're also one of the primary arenas where RSD does the most damage. The ADHD child who wants desperately to...
49: Building Your Child's RSD Toolkit-Practical Tools That Actually Work
Understanding RSD is essential. But understanding alone doesn't help your child in the moment they're flooded. They need tools — concrete, specific, practiced strategies that...
48: The ADHD Parent with an ADHD Child - When RSD runs in Both Directions
Here's something that doesn't get said enough in parenting circles: if your child has ADHD, there's a significant chance you do too. ADHD is among...
47: ADHD- What not to Say When RSD Strikes and What to Say
You're standing in front of a child who is flooded. The words you choose in the next sixty seconds will either escalate the situation or...
46-ADHD: Is It RSD or Mood Disorder? Getting the Right Diagnosis
Your child is emotionally volatile. Their moods swing hard and fast. They can be fine one moment and devastated the next. The pediatrician mentions the...
45 ADHD: The Praise Trap - Why Encouraging Your ADHD Child Sometimes Doesn't Work
You've done everything right. You've praised the effort, not the outcome. You've celebrated the small wins. You've been careful not to criticize too harshly. And...
44: ADHD - How RSD Shows Up at School and What Parents Can Do
School is, in many ways, the worst possible environment for a child with rejection sensitive dysphoria. It's a place of constant evaluation — grades, peer...
43: ADHD and RSD - The Meltdown Isn't the Problem — It's the Signal
When a child with ADHD explodes over what looks like a minor slight, the instinct is to focus on the behavior — the yelling, the...
42: ADHD: When Your Child Falls Apart Over 'Nothing' — Understanding RSD
It happens fast. Your child gets a slightly critical comment from a teacher, loses a round in a board game, or hears a casual 'not...
41: ADHD - Something New
Subject: We're Starting Something New — And It Might Be the Most Important Series Yet
You made it through ten weeks of resilience.
That wasn't...
40: ADHD Resilience - Building Recovery, Not Perfection
It’s easy to lose the long view when you’re parenting a child with ADHD.
The daily challenges—homework, emotions, routines, school meetings—pull attention toward short-term survival....