Ditching The Guilt part 2

Sometimes you may wonder why you don't  have a nice, quiet child
instead of the livewire who never listens. But there are a
number of reasons why children  develop ADHD... none of which are your fault.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, your
parenting style can influence how you and your child deal with
ADHD. There is no one right way or one wrong way.

Dealing with a child who acts before she thinks things
through, loses and breaks things and forgets what you've said
30 seconds later can be frustrating and stressful.

 It can drive you to the point where you give up on discipline, and find
yourself being snappy, critical or even hating your child.

You need help to deal with the difficult behaviors and
accept that you're not perfect - and that what works for one
child might not work for yours.

Just as you might be dealing with some self-esteem
issues when it comes to your ADHD child, your kid is dealing
with the same issues in their own way.

Some Parenting Tips For the ADD Child

With more than their share of behavioral problems, there's also a lot more chance that you and your child will be at loggerheads more often.

You may feel that you spend all your time nagging
your child, and the whole relationship can become strained and unpleasant.

You need to make sure you have good times
together and to practice positive discipline methods as well.

Set up special times to spend with your child doing things
you enjoy together and just playing.

Setting firm Rules and establishing boundaries are also vitally important because they help your
get on with other people. If your child knows what's acceptable as well as what's not and the consequences of doing something that's unacceptable, parenting becomes much easier.


For example, if a child knows he has to keep his hands to himself, he won't punch or hit other children in the playground.

If he doesn't know the rule or ignores it, other children will get hurt and they'll avoid him. He might also end up getting hurt.

For some more tips for parenting the ADD ADHD Child check out the Only Parenting Course especially designed with the needs of the ADD / ADHD Child in mind.