| Do you ever get frustrated when you are taking | | | | - Rewards and encouragement are the best tools |
| care of your child who has ADHD? Living and | | | | to help your child remember which behaviours are |
| taking care of a child with Attention Deficit | | | | supposed to be repeated. Time-outs and removal |
| Hyperactivity Disorder is by no means easy. | | | | of privileges are the best way to discourage your |
| ADHD parenting can take a lot of effort and it | | | | child from an unwanted behaviour. |
| can bring you to the end of your patience at | | | | - Allow your child to have enough sleep and rest. |
| times but the rewards are definitely worth it. So, | | | | Quiet activities such as colouring books and |
| I bet you are thinking that there has to be an | | | | drawing are the best activities before sleep. It will |
| easier way to do this and you are right. Here is a | | | | give your child time to wind down and relax. |
| guide that you can follow so you would have an | | | | - Teach your child to socialize and make friends. |
| easier time rearing your child with ADHD. | | | | - ADHD parenting is not just about schedules and |
| - Keep yourself healthy and your stress levels | | | | rules; nutrition is another component that you |
| low. How could you take care of someone else if | | | | must remember. Make sure that your child is well |
| you are feeling ill or too stressed out? Maintain a | | | | nourished. Provide a well balanced diet free of |
| healthy lifestyle and make sure you get enough | | | | caffeine and excess sugar. |
| time for rest and relaxation. | | | | - Keep your child's schedule simple and allow time |
| - A positive outlook would keep you from getting | | | | for transitional activities to take place. Overloading |
| impatient and short tempered. Look on the bright | | | | the schedule would only stress out your child you |
| side of things and always remember what makes | | | | might find him act out. |
| your child unique. Take joy in the little things that | | | | - Make sure to provide a quiet area for your child. |
| he does right and do not magnify those things | | | | This area should not be the same as the one you |
| that he does wrong. | | | | use for time outs. This area can be in your |
| - Set a schedule for your child to follow and make | | | | garden or a room in your house. This is a space |
| a list of rules to guide him. Implement these things | | | | for your child to have a calming environment and |
| and be consistent. It would only confuse your child | | | | a place for him to relax. |
| if you are not consistent in implementing the rules | | | | It's not as bad as you thought right? ADHD |
| and regulations that you have set up. | | | | Parenting can actually be simple and easy with the |
| - ADHD parenting is all about giving your child a | | | | right perspective. Now that you are armed with |
| sense of security, consistency and permanence. | | | | this information, what's stopping you from being |
| Keep your home neat and organized as much as | | | | the best at ADHD parenting? |
| you can. | | | | |