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Parenting ADHD Kids
You love your child, and you've also lost YOURSELFYour kid’s teacher sends you an email; they crawled through the classroom and struggled to complete any of their work today. You understand they are ADHD, and you also feel frustrated and worried at the same time. You start to wonder what else you could be doing to support them while forgetting you have needs too.
❋ Getting out of the house on time is a battle. You’ve created a visual schedule and made lunch the night before, and you’re still stressing in traffic on the drive to school. You lose your temper at your kid and feel guilty while simultaneously trying to multitask and dream up new life hacks.
❋ Maybe this morning you forgot to give them their stimulant, and you're anxious the rest of the day, wondering if they were dysregulated the whole time they were in school.
❋ You've invested in wobble stools, fidgets, and weighted blankets hoping to meet your child’s sensory needs, while quietly forgetting your own.
❋ Learning how to navigate your kid’s endless search for dopamine confuses and worries you. You need a break and simultaneously stress about if it’s ok for them to play another hour of video games.
WHAT we do in sessionsWe start where you are and not where you think you should be. You have spent so much time understanding your children’s needs and getting them the right supports. Now, we do the same for you so you can be resourced as we dive in. Together, we get curious about your life, so the impacts of your culture, the systems you live in, and your own history and environment become clear. We work to develop tools to support you in your reality. Sometimes, we feel like bad parents if we’re frustrated, anxious, or sad about the challenges of being a caregiver. I want you to know that you are not a bad parent. You are a human, with needs and feelings, just like your child.
WHAT getting better looks likeYou’re not waking up and immediately bracing for the day. You understand what you need and feel the permission to go after it. It feels like there’s a you that exists outside your child. You’re able to meet yourself with compassion on the rough days. When times get tough, because they still will, it doesn’t feel like you or your family is permanently broken. You can hold the hard times in balance with the good. If any of this sounds like you, you don’t have to manage it alone. Book a free 20-minute consultation.
