Behavior & Discipline
When your child has ADHD, standard discipline strategies don’t always work. To correct problem behaviors, learn about behavioral therapy, positive parenting, rewards and consequences, and more ideas to stop tantrums and outbursts.
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Caregiver Blogs
“4 Simple Strategies to Help Impulsive Students Stop Blurting”
Use these ideas to spark your next brilliant behavior plan or classroom management...
Teens with ADHD
6 Ways to Deal with Your Teen’s Rude and Disrespectful Behavior
Your child’s lying, pushback, and disrespectful behavior is almost always more than meet...
Rewards & Consequences
Delayed Gratification Is the Most Critical Money Skill Your Child Can Learn
“Waiting sounds basic, but it’s far from simple to put into practice. As a certified financial...
Caregiver Blogs
“We Are Negligent When We Overlook Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD”
“Emotional dysregulation is not new — to my daughter or to any other person with ADHD. But it was an...
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Top Emotion Regulation Difficulties for Youth with ADHD
Emotion regulation difficulties in youth with ADHD range from irritability to DMDD. Here, caregivers...
Positive Parenting
Parenting the Defiant Child
Changing patterns of negative, hostile, or defiant behavior require patience and practice. Start with...
Behavior & Discipline
“It Wasn’t Me!” Why Children with ADHD Lie
Why do children lie? Before you blame your child’s moral character, take a closer look behind the...
Rewards & Consequences
The Science of Reward vs. Punishment for Children with ADHD
Neurology shows that the ADHD brain is particularly sensitive to positive reinforcement and to...
Behavior & Discipline
Why Spanking Your Kids Is Harmful
When kids feel out of control, they need their parents to respond calmly. Spanking is the opposite of...
Guest Blogs
Learn the Right Reasons for Your Child’s “Wrong” Behavior
When a child with ADHD misbehaves, sometimes it's willful disobedience. More often, though, these...
Meltdowns & Anger
Anger Is Important — But Only When It’s Managed
Anger leads the list of emotions that can get kids into trouble. Here are simple anger management...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
"Why is My Child So Angry and Aggressive?"
Beaten down by your child's defiant behavior? Wondering why she's always in a rage? It could be...
Positive Parenting
Raising a Child Who Wants to Behave
"I've yelled, lectured, threatened, given time-outs, and even spanked — and nothing works!" So, what...
For Teachers
Easily Distracted? How to Tune Out Distractions & Focus on School
Children with ADHD experience a lower level of brain arousal, which means they are easily distracted...
Positive Parenting
Dear Parents: You Are the Solution…
…to your child’s biggest struggles with ADHD. The Fix You First approach to ADHD therapy recognizes...