The Ultimate Guide to Parenting Your ADHD Child

How to be the parent your ADHD child needs - and to be less frustrated and calmer in the process.

Parenting is hard work. Throw in something like ADHD, and it can seem impossible. Do you believe you are a bad parent because you don't discipline enough? Or maybe you are too tough on your child? Do you often feel stressed, frustrated, disrespected, and just plain tired? Don't worry: you're not alone. Nearly 6.2 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD - you share the faith of all those parents. Due to a different wiring of a brain activity that affects attention and self-control, children with ADHD are oftentimes impulsive, disorganized, and energetic. When you think about the difficulties you face in parenting an ADHD child, you should also think about the difficulties they face navigating a world that wasn't created with them in mind. Parenting ADHD children takes a special skill set and requires us to see the world through their lenses - traditional parenting methods might as well be a different language to the brains of our ADHD children. But it doesn't mean children with ADHD can't be successful. Just look at Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, Simone Biles, Jim Carrey, Howie Mandel... the list goes on and on. Like Michael Jordan, yet another celebrity with ADHD, said, "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome." We can teach our children to "change their outcomes" and find success by implementing concrete, proven strategies to help them navigate all of life's challenges, whether these be at home, school, or in the world in general. The Ultimate Guide to Parenting Your ADHD Child will provide you with the strategies to help your child navigate this world while at the same time helping you as the parent maintain your composure, and let's face it, your sanity. In this book, you will discover:

• How ADHD affects the entire family, from your other children to your relationship with your spouse
• Common ADHD myths debunked - discover the truth about widely accepted theories and stories about ADHD
• A helpful list of ADHD medications, including their benefits and drawbacks, so you can make an informed decision about your kid's health
• Guidelines on managing 'big emotions' and impulsive behaviors to avoid meltdowns... from your child and yourself
• Why self-care matters, for both children and parents (and how to get past that Mom Guilt)
• The power of movement to calm the mind, with strategies to implement at both home and school

And so much more... Scientific research has shown that children with ADHD create exceeding demands on parents, resulting in higher rates of divorce and depression among parents compared with other families. Don't let parenting your ADHD child feel like a burden - something you have to "get through." By employing the techniques in this book, you will find peace, calm, and a