A Mom's View of ADHD

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A Mom's View of ADHD

A Mom's View of ADHD

@adhdmomma

Support for parenting kids with ADHD. A Mom's View of ADHD is owned by Kelly Schmidt, Ph.D. Developmental psychologist and parent of 2 complex kiddos.

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A Mom's View of ADHD
A Mom's View of ADHD@adhdmomma·
Parents this video is a must-watch
Camus@newstart_2024

Dr. Russell Barkley drops the ADHD reality check most parents miss: On average, kids with ADHD are 30% behind in executive functioning (self-control, persistence, organization, emotional regulation). A 10-year-old? Treat them like a 7-year-old for responsibility, homework, chores, independence. A 16-year-old? Driving = handing keys to an 11-year-old. An 18-year-old in college? Design the campus like it's for 12-year-olds: more accountability, group study with mentors, frequent check-ins, substance-free dorms. It's not "immaturity" or "laziness"—it's a developmental lag in the brain's CEO system. Expecting chronological-age performance without accommodations creates conflict, failure, shame. Barkley blunt: If you're demanding more without adjusting the environment, you're the problem—like pushing a dyslexic kid to read normally. Real examples hit hard: No unsupervised babysitting for a 14-year-old (exec age ~9–10). Legal tragedies show why. Raw 3:50 clip below. Game-changer for parents, teachers, anyone supporting ADHD. The 30% rule reframes everything: Lower expectations to executive age, scaffold the environment, watch competence emerge. Parents of ADHD kids: What's one area (driving, chores, college, babysitting) where applying this 30% shift changed your approach—or could? Drop your story below.

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Child Mind Institute
Child Mind Institute@childmindinst·
For many families with kids who have ADHD, sleep is one of the biggest challenges faced by both parents and kids. Bedtime can be chaotic. Kids may take hours to fall asleep, wake repeatedly during the night, or struggle to wake up in the morning. And in many households, everyone starts the day already exhausted. These ADHD sleep issues are very common. William Benson, PhD, a psychologist in the ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute, says sleep problems are “one of the most frequent challenges” he sees in children and teens with ADHD. “Some estimates suggest that 50 percent or more of individuals with ADHD experience significant sleep disturbances,” he says. For some kids, sleep problems can also be a side effect of stimulant medication. Sleep challenges can show up at the start of the night, in the middle, or in the morning — and many kids struggle with all three. Kids may resist bedtime, feel “wide awake” even when exhausted, wake multiple times overnight, or sleep so deeply that mornings become the most stressful part of the day. ADHD makes sleep harder because calming racing thoughts, settling emotions, and winding down the body all require self-regulation — something kids with ADHD struggle with, even when they’re tired. Anxiety, inconsistent routines, natural circadian shifts in adolescence, and medication timing can all add to the challenge. Poor sleep can make ADHD symptoms worse during the day, affecting focus, mood, and behavior. But improving sleep — even a little — can help kids feel more regulated and make family life more manageable. “Kids aren’t trying to give their parents a hard time,” Dr. Benson says. “They’re having a hard time.”
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A Mom's View of ADHD
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@katrosenfield I'm on Book 12, never seen the TV series - but I'm still dying to know if he is Valentine's father or not??? It was truly awful for him to betray Demelza, as it was for her to betray him with Hugh.
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Kat Rosenfield
Kat Rosenfield@katrosenfield·
this tweet will be appreciated by maybe 5 people but I just have to say: I am still furious at Ross Poldark for cheating on his wife
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A Mom's View of ADHD
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I worked at the Hornes at South Hills Village at Christmas and summer breaks from college, 1984-1988. Our dress code required women to wear dresses or skirts with pantyhose, if you wanted to wear pants you had to wear a jacket too. I was a poor college student with a decent wardrobe of dresses and skirts because of this rule!
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I just found buried in my Christmas decorations the holy Grail of Yinzer Pittsburgh awesomeness; a Joseph Horne Company shopping bag. The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded in 1849 & of the three big department stores in downtown Pittsburgh Horne's was the "high-end one--it closed in 1994 after being merged with the Lazarus division of Federated Department Stores. Going to Horne's was magical; the tea room was on the mezzanine where every year my high school choir would perform--Santa land and the toys on the seventh floor.
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A Mom's View of ADHD
A Mom's View of ADHD@adhdmomma·
This is so important to consider with our kids who are so much more susceptible to the addictive qualities of screens 👇
Jonathan Haidt@JonHaidt

Here's yet another study showing that kids who get smartphones earlier have worse mental health as teens. So what's the right age for a first smartphone? I'd say its whatever age you want them to cut back on sleeping, reading, exercise, and socializing. I advise not doing that before 14, at the earliest. Let's make that a new norm, to break out of the collective action trap together. Some parents may then wait even longer. But lets try to get all kids through middle school in the real world, before exposing them to the many harms of adolescence lived on a phone. Note that this research use the ABCD study, which is the highest quality longitudinal study going. It confirms an earlier finding by @sapien_labs that found the same thing nytimes.com/2025/12/01/wel…

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