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ADHD - Helicopter Parenting
While punishment is generally ineffective with ADHD, there are those parents who take it to extremes and want to protect their ADHDer from any negative events in his/her life. This is long term disastrous. Your ADHDer...
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ADHD - the Importance of Praise
ADHD looks like a behavior problem, but is a neurotransmitter problem that is genetic. Due to the lowered levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, punishment has no effect on ADHD, but praise is especially effective...
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ADHD: Neurotransmitters, How They Work
Science has gone from not knowing if ADHD is real, to defining what causes it as a genetic factor that causes chronic low levels of essential neurotransmitters, mainly dopamine. Neurotransmitters are chemical...
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ADHD-Consequences of Myths
With so many myths about ADHD still believed by many people, there are major consequences for ADHDers. ADHD children frequently develop anxiety and depression and low self-esteem. If the parenting style is too strict,...
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ADHD-More Myths
We had a previous episode about myths concerning ADHD. This episode goes into even more myths and briefly discusses how, though seemingly harmless, these myths cause a lot of difficulties for ADHD families.
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ADHD - It's a Neurological Condition
ADHDers have a significant problem. They look normal. This causes people to think that their behavior is a result of a behavior disorder. This leads to trying punishment to change the behavior. ADHD is not a behavior...
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ADHD - Confidence is the #1 Goal
ADHD parents should focus on building confidence in their ADHD children. This, combined with resilience, allows your ADHD child to make mistakes and recover.
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ADHD - Myths
While ADHD has only existed as a diagnosis since 1987, symptoms of ADHD have been described in medical literature since at least 1780. In spite of this rich and varied clinical history, a number of myths about ADHD...
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