Answering Parents' Questions

About this episode

Mike and Ryan answer listener questions about parenting challenges related to ADHD.

In this episode of the ADHD Parenting Podcast, Mike and Ryan answer several listener questions about common challenges parents face when raising children with ADHD. They discuss why some children struggle to initiate friendships despite wanting them, the role of social anxiety and executive functioning in social behavior, and why screen time can reinforce avoidance of real-world interaction. The hosts also address sibling conflict when children are at different developmental stages, explain why brain scans and “types of ADHD” promoted by certain authors lack scientific support, and offer strategies for parents dealing with teens who claim to feel sick to avoid responsibilities. Find Mike @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.grownowadhd.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find Ryan @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.adhddude.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ {{chapters}} [00:00:00] Start [00:01:01] Podcast Intro And Updates [00:04:10] Question: Child Struggles Making Friends [00:09:00] Social Anxiety And ADHD [00:13:00] Path Of Least Resistance Brain [00:15:55] Sibling Conflict And Age Gaps [00:23:20] Brain Scans And ADHD Myths [00:28:55] Teen Avoidance And “Feeling Sick”

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Ryan

Topics covered

• ADHD parenting
• social anxiety
• friendship challenges
• sibling conflict
• executive functioning
• teen avoidance

Keywords

• ADHD
• parenting
• social behavior
• screen time
• sibling conflict
• executive functioning
• teen responsibilities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.grownowadhd.com, www.adhddude.com

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