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Post 3: ADHD Parenting Mini Series
Let me help you understand....
Because once you understand this…everything starts to make more sense.
Your child is not ignoring you…Their brain just moves faster than your instruction.
You say:
“Go put your shoes on.”
In your mind, that’s simple.
But in their mind?
It sounds like:
• shoes
• where are my shoes
• I forgot where I put them
• oh look my toy
• now I’m playing
• wait what did mom say?
And now you’re frustrated like:
“Why are you not listening?!”
But it’s not always disobedience......It’s distraction
Another example:
You say:
“Stop doing that.”
Your child hears you…
but their body doesn’t slow down fast enough to match it.
So you think:
“They don’t care.”
But really.....their brain is still catching up to the command.
Or this one…
You correct them.
And 10 minutes later they do the SAME thing again.
You think:
“They didn’t learn anything.”
But the truth is their brain struggles with holding on to the correction long enough to apply it next time.
This is why:
• repeating yourself feels constant
• they seem like they “don’t listen”
• they forget instructions quickly
• they move from one thing to another fast
BUT let’s be clear:
This does NOT mean we remove structure.
This does NOT mean we stop correcting.
It means we parent with:
shorter instructions...more repetition...more consistency... more structure around them
Because your child doesn’t need
more yelling
more frustration
more long talks
They need clarity + structure that matches how their brain works
And this is the gap.
You’ve been parenting expecting them to process like you…
But they don’t.
So let me ask you:
What is something your child does that used to frustrate you…
but now makes a little more sense?
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Post 3: ADHD Parenting Mini Series
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