What you see in fighting with siblings can show up in your child’s relationships outside the home, especially if they are an only child and don’t have siblings to quarrel with. Your child has emotional responses and is saying or doing inappropriate things that can show up at home and with friends. Your mom heart […]

Your dream is for your kids to get along, but at the moment, it feels like the most enormous ask in the world. You have a child (or children) with ADHD. The fighting is explosive and 24/7. “This too shall pass.” That statement couldn’t be more accurate, but you can help this explosive phase of […]

Everyone just got home from school and is transitioning into evening activities. You are trying to get everyone settled, get dinner started, and set up for homework to be done. Suddenly, you hear screaming from the living room, and your child with ADHD has lost it.  You go to stop the fighting and figure out […]

For the explosive child, growing up with siblings involves lots of fighting. I can tell you, having grown up with ADHD, emotional reactions are what gets the best of us. It’s frequently a mix of the ADHD child instigating the fight and the ADHD child being triggered by something and not having the tools to […]