Feed Your Child’s Focus: ADHD Diet & Attention
Your child’s body is an amazing chemical factory. It transforms the raw materials in the foods he eats — amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, oxygen, glucose, and water — and produces more...
View Article“This Egg Is Making Me Uncomfortable”
“This egg is making me uncomfortable.” My son, William, said this exact phrase to me one morning as I tried to get him to eat an egg for the umpteenth time. He stared at the fried egg I’d carefully...
View ArticleWhen Toddler Tantrums Are Actually ADHD: Early Signs of ADD and Emotional...
Some children exhibit signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) as young as 2 (and, in some cases, even earlier). Of course, disentangling normal Terrible Two behavior from ADHD...
View ArticleAfter the Shame: How to Re-Center Your Bruised Emotions
The emotional instability of attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) can wreak havoc on our lives. Since childhood, our emotions have seemed extreme — to ourselves and to others. Family and...
View ArticleI’m an ADHD Expert — and I Still Struggle With ADHD
I always know where my keys are. I don’t generally lose things. I remember to lock the doors at night. I’m almost always early for appointments and meetings. I earned two college degrees. I’ve written...
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“Cultural Considerations When Diagnosing and Treating ADHD in...
Episode Description There is no single African-American experience. Consider three different eight-year-old African-American boys, one each from the Mississippi delta, Chicago’s inner city, and the...
View ArticleMore Than Picky Eating: ARFID, SPD, and Other Conditions Linked to Feeding...
Picky eating is a common and normal behavior, starting between ages 2 and 3, when many children refuse greens, new tastes, and practically anything non-pizza. They are at the developmental stage where...
View ArticleADHD and Eating Disorders: Research, Diagnosis & Treatment Guidelines
Individuals with ADHD face a heightened risk for eating disorders, most notably bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, according to a growing body of research. What’s more, eating disorders appear...
View ArticleWhen “No!” Is Your Child’s First Impulse: ODD Parenting Advice
From picking fights to disrespecting and disobeying authority figures to exploding over mundane requests — a child with ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) may unleash behaviors that frustrate and...
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View Article9 Breakfast Recipes You Can’t Afford to Skip
Repeat after me: Coffee is not breakfast. Studies show that people who eat a real breakfast high in protein and vitamins are better able to concentrate, control their waistline, and resist afternoon...
View ArticleWhat is Dyspraxia? Clumsy Child Syndrome
What is Dyspraxia? Dyspraxia is a neurological disorder that affects a child’s ability to plan and process motor tasks. Children with dyspraxia appear awkward when moving their whole body, or use too...
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“Regret and Resolve: How Women with ADHD Can Transform the Challenges of a...
Episode Description Middle-aged women with ADHD face all of the typical challenges of aging — declining health, family concerns, career stresses, tough decisions about moving or downsizing — plus a...
View Article“My Signs of ADHD Were Obscured by Comorbidities for Years”
More than two-thirds of adults with ADHD also have anxiety and/or depression, the two most common comorbidities reported in ADDitude’s recent mental-health survey. Also on the list of co-existing...
View ArticleCoping With the Stigma of ADHD
There’s nothing shameful about having attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) — or at least there shouldn’t be. But in our society, people who have the disorder are somehow seen as “defective,” which...
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