ADHD in Kids: What Parents Are Misunderstanding and What Actually Helps with Shannon from Keep It Playful Parenting | E201
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Andryanna and Shannon discuss common misconceptions about ADHD in children and practical strategies for parents to support their kids.
In this episode, Andryanna sits down with Shannon Kalinka from Keep It Playful Parenting for a deeply validating and practical conversation about ADHD in children, nervous system regulation, emotional overload, meltdowns, transitions, and what parents are often misunderstanding about ADHD behaviour. Shannon shares both her professional expertise in child development and her lived experience as a parent diagnosed with ADHD later in life after raising two daughters with ADHD. Together, they unpack the daily friction points so many families experience and explain what is actually happening beneath behaviours that are often labeled as defiance, laziness, overreacting, or “not listening.” The conversation explores ADHD in girls versus boys, rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), why direct requests often backfire, why transitions are so difficult, and how play, connection, co-regulation, and nervous system support can dramatically shift family dynamics. In this episode: Common misconceptions about ADHD behaviour ADHD in girls vs boys and why it’s often missed in girls Why ADHD kids don’t need to “try harder” What’s actually happening when kids say “just a minute” Why direct commands…
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