About this episode

The episode discusses how gut health and other factors influence ADHD behavior problems in children.

If your child has ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms, you may feel like you are constantly managing meltdowns, screen battles, irritability, impulsivity, emotional explosions, or big reactions that seem to come out of nowhere. But what if your child’s behavior is not only a discipline issue? What if their behavior is also communication? In this episode of the Single Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW, talks with ADHD and nutrition expert Dana Kay about how gut health, inflammation, nutrition, sleep, screen time, and nervous system overload may affect ADHD behavior problems in kids. Many parents are taught to look at ADHD behavior through the lens of discipline, motivation, or compliance. But in this conversation, we look underneath the behavior. Dana explains that a child’s nervous system may already be overloaded before the trigger happens. The iPad, homework, bedtime request, or morning routine may simply be the final stressor that causes the explosion. We talk about why ADHD behavior can be connected to: Gut health Inflammation Poor sleep Blood sugar crashes Nutrition Sensory overload Screen time Nervous system dysregulation This does not mean boundaries do not matter. They do…

People in this episode

Host: Therese Connolly

Guest: Dana Kay

Topics covered

• ADHD
• gut health
• nutrition
• screen time
• behavior problems
• communication

Keywords

• ADHD
• gut health
• nutrition
• screen time
• behavior management
• meltdowns
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Single Parenting Reset Show

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