ADHD Parenting Guide: How to Promote Better Behavior and Enhance Your Child's Academic and Social Skills

by Jordan Waldrop

The Truth about Parenting a Child with ADHD You've Never Been Told As troubling as an ADHD diagnosis is, you are at least provided with a starting point. You can take a breath - there's an explanation for the impulsiveness, disorganization, difficulty focusing, restlessness and frustration your child may be experiencing. A diagnosis, however, doesn't give you the tools needed to cope with the situation. As the parent of a child with ADHD, you'll often feel alone and incapable of overcoming the numerous challenges stemming from the diagnosis. You, however, aren't alone. In 2016, 6.1 million children in the US were diagnosed with ADHD, the CDC reported. The number has changed over time - from 4.4 percent of kids in 2003 to 6.4 percent of kids in 2011. While ADHD is quite prominent, it still happens to be a widely misunderstood condition. Even pediatricians and teachers will get the approach towards these kids wrong on occasions. Nearly 50% of parents whose kids have ADHD misidentify the symptoms, which also delays the adoption of the right parenting style. Even when they have the diagnosis, so many people feel completely clueless. Should you medicate? Where on the ADHD spectrum does your child fall? Is it just a stage that your child will grow out of, eventually learning how to focus as they grow older? In ADHD Parenting Guide , you'll

52 pages, Paperback

Published January 27, 2020