ADHD Parenting Tip - Some People Will Just Never Be Supportive of You Or Your Child With ADHD

When I started working exclusively with children andlisten. Some people won't support you, and they won't
families affected by ADHD, I did it because I wanted tooffer any bit of care, concern, or compassion for your
personally make sure the right information was gettingsituation.
into the right hands. I was seriously amazed at howThe Basics:
little information people seemed to know about ADHD.I'm a man who believes in the basics. When it comes
And I'm not just talking about the patients either. A lotto parenting children with ADHD, before I teach
of professionals just don't understand ADHD beyondstrategies, I rely on the basics of parenting to establish
the basics.a very strong foundation.
But that's another story entirely. What really concernsI also believe in the "golden rule" of "Do unto others as
me today are the people who not only don'tyou would have them do unto you!"
understand ADHD, but don't care to or even attemptWhen someone blames you, or gives you the exact
to. You likely know who I'm talking about. These areopposite of anything supportive, it makes me wonder
the people who want to blame you. They think ADHDtwo things:
is just an excuse, and have no problem telling you.
Maybe you've heard some of these before:1. What purpose does that negativity serve?
- ADHD is just an excuse for bad parenting2. What benefit do they gain from insulting you?
- ADHD is for people who don't want to discipline theirI'm not trying to be naive here. Rather, I want to take
childrenthe opportunity to let you know that you don't have to
- ADHD is an excuse to drug kidsstand for this type of attitude or response. You need,
- And on and on the list goes...and deserve, support from people who accept what
None of them are true, but some people just won'tyou are dealing with.