ADHD is not a justification for treating others poorly

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[LtDan_Inf]

Good information to keep in mind. You offered clear and easily digestible concepts that most parents of children with ADHD will be able to implement immediately. I worked with a Mom and her son yesterday in my practice addressing these very topics. When the first line of intervention is punishments, especially if delivered when the parents and child are upset and angry, it tends to make the original problem significantly worse.

[LegionOfWeirdos]

I love your well grounded and no BS approach with the subject.

[sangyan]

I love your channel. Your videos have been so useful and gave me hope to better as a person and confidence to get out of my comfort zone without depending on my parents' better executive function. ❤️

[sulli]

Kudos to you, you’re doing a great job. Glad I found your channel. 👍

[Bliss-Vibe]

I've been implementing the 'clean up' you have suggested .... if he says something mean to the sibling I would say 'try that again' vs just time out

[rachelespARhhh]

When my older son was growing up, I knew him and I also knew that sending him to his room to be alone would always calm him down to the point he would be ready to be around others. I do the same with my younger son. Usually, not always, he gets so angry with people because he isn't getting his way, he is unkind and gets in trouble verbally. He actually separates himself, goes to his room, or outside and is alone for a while. He comes in a totally different person. Now the problem with this is that he destroys things and THAT is something that we have trouble dealing with. He breaks his sisters things, he destroys the house, he damages things outside. We told him that he will work off the damages. He has holes in the walls in his room, his door is off the hinges because we removed it due to too much slamming. He now has a curtain rod up with a curtain. So, my biggest issue right now is damaging other people's things, and making things right. He doesn't hesitate to make them right with me, but with others it is a problem - at least sincerely.

[emilyaliu]

How do you handle it if he is resistant to doing a cleanup even after having time to calm down?