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Pam B's avatar

While this article didn't deal with the social issues of ADHD, I think that might be worth a future article. We had several situations that the school acted quickly and appropriately around bullying, but some times you just had to suck it up and move forward.

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Jessie's avatar

Love that we get to talk about this in this space and really value the conversation. As a parent of a child with ADHD (as a piece of a global developmental disability) and as a therapist I wanted to say 2 things

1- it’s been a very stressful 2 years for all of us and kids are no exception so if your kid’s symptoms got “worse” remember this great way of looking at it that one of my colleagues said “anxiety is a bird looking for a branch to land on”. In other words helping kids bring general stress level down and expecting it to take a few stable months before they return to their baseline. For all kids (not just ones with ADHD) the best way to bring stress level down is through predictability, consistency, and routines. For our kids and their parents (happy parents=happy kids)

2 we try to use the language “kid with adhd” vs “adhd kid” because the former makes it something a person deals with vs labeling the person as the issue. Although it’s ok to be a little messy here and I love that about this forum so mess away but wanted to mention it in case it is helpful for anyone.

Love to my fellow witches and happy Thursday 💀

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