ADHD PARENTING 101: The Most Important ADHD Parenting Advice

ADHD PARENTING 101: The Most Important ADHD Parenting Advice
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Welcome to my new series ADHD PARENTING 101! In this series, I plan to focus on the nitty-gritty of parenting a child with ADHD, ranging from discussions about ADHD diagnosis and ADHD treatments to emerging research on ADHD and practical strategies you can implement today in your own home to bring out the best in your family. In this video, I offer the most important piece of ADHD advice I will ever be able to offer. As one ADHD mom to another (or one ADHD parent to another), I salute you for all your care and love. You are not alone. Welcome!
Often, I will be joined by my good friend Danielle at Danielle Gets It Done as we explore ADHD parenting topics and share our own experiences with parenting differently wired kids. She just had a precious baby girl, so pop on over to her channel to wish her well and watch her last video on this topic:
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[@ACommonLife]

This is such an incredible video, Tanya. So, so well said. I love your mama heart so very much.

[@LeslieMaddox]

Oh yes, I couldn't agree more! I've been writing out a series I'm planning on how to homeschool (for newbies), and at the start it all boils down to getting to know our kids (learning preferences, delights, struggles, etc.) and embracing their uniqueness, rather than hoping that they are like us or some ideal. And also taking a good look at ourselves. Great job!

[@ProjectHappyHome]

That sounds like fun! Want to collab on some of them? I’m planning a similar series for June!

[@LeslieMaddox]

Project Happy Home Absolutely! Let’s talk offline.

[@martinayari3529]

Thank you.

[@lily-hazy8823]

Thank you so much. I recently discovered I have ADHD and I'm a nanny for a child with ADHD. I am primarily inattentive and he is primariy hyperactive. We are very different but definitely struggle with similar things. And I love him to bits. Lots of videos on ADHD parenting I've watched either couldn't keep my attention (distracting backgrounds, bouncing around from topic to topic and putting up graphs and such) or quite frankly, the way they described it pissed me off. This was incredible and I'm excited to use your channel as a resource to better understand my kiddo I care for, and to better understand myself.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

I cannot tell you how much your comment means to me. I had been feeling disheartened about social media sharing over the last few months, and your comment reminded me of why it is still worth doing. We can grow together, we kindred strangers. 💚 Thank you so much for your kindness.

[@cheryltaylor4928]

I’m so happy I found your channel.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Welcome! So happy you’re here.

[@shannoncossman]

I have suspected that my oldest son as ADHD for about a year now. I was advised by our pediatrician and the child psychologist to wait until he got into Kindergarten and if there was a problem at school then I could come seek help. Recently I have noticed it even more when watching my kids play together (4y and almost 2y) and watching this video I just feel like FINALLY! It's funny you noticed when your younger child was the same age that there is a difference (not bad, just not the same). Anyway, thank you for posting! I've printed some info from the CDC, AAP and the Vanderbilt Assessment Scale and I'm going to keep learning and go back to the pediatrician and insist that I want parent training to learn how I can teach my son tools to help him operate his Super Powered Wild Kind Beautiful brain

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thank you so much for sharing your story!

[@jahnavijammi8464]

Tanya, your videos are really encouraging and boosts me up to be a better parent. God bless you!!!

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Aw, thank you so much! We’re all striving together, mama. Big hug.

[@jenithzervillamizar9446]

Connection! That's the way to go...I find it still hard into not react and instead connect..amazing reflection as always...bless and love for you and your amazing son

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, the trick is to remember to connect in the tough moments.

[@CaraVanOlogywithBecky]

Powerful video, thanks for sharing and for all your efforts.

[@rinkubadwal2945]

Thank you, ma'am, very knowledgeable information.

[@maryannmiranda2751]

New here. Thank you so much for this video. The humility, the encouragement, the comfort is so meaningful. Thank you.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Aw, thanks. We are all growing alongside each other.

[@Season4Reason1]

Whew! I so needed this! Thank you! 💕

[@ProjectHappyHome]

You’re so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@aliciabeere1447]

Ive only watched this video so far! im so glad I found you -thank you I really needed to hear this today x

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Welcome! You’re not alone - being a kind and patient mom whether your child is neuroatypical or not is often challenging. Getting to a place where relationship building is the most important thing is a day by day thing - and it helps to have honest friends in the same situation. 💚

[@l.deleon5705]

Thank you so much!!! I really needed this today!!! A light bulb went off and so glad I watched. I do feel my connection to my son to be blemished but I will be reflecting on myself as a parent and think will this better or diminish our connection if I speak in anger!! Thank you again!!

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thanks so much for watching and sharing! I appreciate your words - I feel the same. Sometimes I rewatch my own videos to reset my brain into a more positive frame of mind. 🙂

[@JustSewTrish]

Great video!! Love it.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thanks, Trish!

[@readcreaterepeat7727]

Hello wonderful! I normally haven’t spent time with your ADHD videos because I didn’t think it applied to me. In light of some recent connections I have noticed, it’s possible that I was naive in counting it unnecessary for us. I’m in day 2 of wondering if my eldest is ADHD. Coming from our always homeschooling environment, I am trying to sort out next steps. Anyway, I’ll be binging these for a bit. I love you and appreciate you. Also, I might have more questions in a few weeks!!!❤️

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Anytime, my friend. Send me an email and we can set up a phone conversation!

[@ucherek1]

YES YES YES!! Have you read any of Karyn Purvis’ work on connection and correction or her TBRI method? You would love it!! It’s written for adoptive parents but really applies to all of us!

[@ProjectHappyHome]

I haven’t! Thank you for the recommendation!

[@AmyReindl]

My son, who is now 18, I suspected throughout his life he had ADD or ADHD, but his pediatrician said he did not. At 16, he was diagnosed with Social Communication Disorder, which used to be called Asberger’s, which was taken off the autism spectrum a few years ago because the typical person with it is so high functioning. I always knew he was something atypical, but I just decided a long time ago to forget about it and just meet him wherever he was in his life at each moment. I’m glad we didn’t have the diagnosis until much later, although now he feels a bit “neglected,” know what I mean? Now that he’s an adult, it’s a whole different thing, and we are working so hard together at getting along and getting him graduated. I do think I coddled him a bit too much, because is not going to be ready for college until he’s probably 20, which is okay, I guess. It’s like taking the year off in between that some do. I so appreciate your talks on atypical kids. ❤️

[@Mel130673]

That’s Asperger’s….

[@AmyReindl]

@@Mel130673 yes, we’ve since figured that out. Thanks for your comment, though. He’s definitely autistic. ❤️

[@meghannferguson6783]

Great video! I’m so very happy you’ve began this series, I love seeing the notification pop up for these videos! I have an 11 yo boy who has been diagnosed with ADHD for the past 5 years. We decided as well to pull him from typical school after his 3rd grade year. He is absolutely loving our homeschool journey and I think is thriving in the ability to do things differently. As for topics for other videos do you find that your son does better with his learning in a project Based style versus more typical learning approaches. My son loves literature based curriculums and we’ve used three levels of BYL with great success, but I think I’m finding that blending this approach with a more all encompassing project based approach may be a better way of teaching everything we want to gain academically as well as working on some of those life skills that we really struggle with in a more real world way. Anyway I guess I was just wondering if you might have any opinions on this or ideas/suggestions regarding this.? Once again such a great video and topic, keep up your awesome content. 😊

[@ProjectHappyHome]

If you like BYL’s style, she offers several unit studies as well - maybe you could try those? Be Naturally Curious has great science unit studies and the Thinking Tree workbooks allow for more open-ended exploration. For my son, he likes experiments and reads a lot of nonfiction on his own, but he tends to balk at my attempts to do “projects.” I figure this will wax and wane as he grows older. In the meantime, we still do more of a structured approach for most subjects.

[@sakinahansar1146]

Hi do you recommend any books authors that speak more on parenting adhd kids

[@beatrizsandoval4395]

The information you give is amazing! I am on the process of getting my 5 year old boy diagnosed. Thank you for your videos that help us a lot! Can you please please tell me the name and brand of your lipsticks? It’s gorgeous on you and would like to buy it 😊

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thanks for the kind words! As for the lipstick, I’m not positive, but I think this one was a Lip Creme from NYX in the shade Monte Carlo. Hope that helps!

[@suchirashams3656]

THANKS .MY problem is my 7 yrs boy had food aversion. He refused food without tasting it.he love only soup.im just in horrible position.i think he night be love food but he could not eat because of ego problem. If I tried a new things we must had fight.it is just a weird things for me.i have a 9 month girl also .but thing is that I have to more attention my 7 yrs boy.Please pleased give me valuable advice to his food aversion. It was not diagnosed but I thought he has slight adhd

[@ProjectHappyHome]

I’m not an expert on food aversion, but both understood.org and additudemag.com have several articles addressing it. Hope that helps!

[@vangoghnyc]

I wish to would talk to my wife. She is in denial (it doesn't exist) and hostile toward me for recognizing this in our 5 year old. To the breaking point

[@ProjectHappyHome]

I’m sorry that you’re not on the same parenting page - that is tough no matter the circumstance or situation. Maybe getting away from the actual diagnosis and focusing on the systems/approaches that would help your child could be a path forward? Honestly, everything I’ve learned about addressing ADHD has made me a better parent overall to my more neurotypical kids as well.

[@ACommonLife]

This is such an incredible video, Tanya. So, so well said. I love your mama heart so very much.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

Thanks, my friend.

[@ACommonLife]

This is such an incredible video, Tanya. So, so well said. I love your mama heart so very much.