| Raising a child with ADHD can be very draining | | | | and make sure to treat them with dignity and |
| and place a heavy strain on your emotions.m | | | | respect at all times, and actually listen. Don't let |
| Many people keep asking on how to parent an | | | | your child think that they have to bottle their |
| ADHD child. Frustration and impatience can slowly | | | | emotions up. |
| develop for parent of child with ADHD, and stress | | | | 3. Engage with your child, and spend time with |
| just seems to well up inside of you, and the best | | | | them: Try and spend as much quality time as you |
| and most effective way on parenting children with | | | | can with your child, and do not listen passively to |
| ADHD is a near impossible question to answer. | | | | what they say, or with a bored disinterest. Make |
| It is the bond that exists between parent and | | | | a fuss of your child and be physically affectionate, |
| child that is crucial, making all the difference, if the | | | | ask them how are they enjoying school, what |
| parent and child have mutual trust and are able to | | | | games did they play. This makes the child feel |
| competently communicate, then this makes raising | | | | valued and loved, and all it takes is some patience |
| an ADHD child much easier. | | | | and time. |
| PARENTING SKILLS FOR CHILDREN WITH ADHD | | | | 4. Be aware of erratic sleeping patterns, and be |
| - how to parent a child with ADHD : | | | | patient: Children who suffer from ADHD have |
| | | | disturbed and erratic sleeping patterns, either |
| 1. Patience is crucial: One of the fundamental | | | | suffering from bouts of insomnia, excessive |
| requirements you need in parenting skills for adhd | | | | sleeping or an unhappy mixture of the two. |
| odd children and survive with a child with ADHD is | | | | Sometimes they will suffer from bad nightmares |
| patience. Remember, even when the child is at | | | | and broken sleep, so make sure that if they have |
| their most infuriating, at a stage of development | | | | a bad night you are close at hand for security and |
| where they are ready to drive you to madness, | | | | reassurance. |
| remember it is not their fault they do not choose | | | | 5. Engage with the child with ADHD in all activities: |
| to be the way they are. When you feel | | | | It may sound like a nightmare to the parents, but |
| exasperated try and imagine just how | | | | a child with ADHD cant help but want their |
| exasperated the child must feel in their struggle | | | | parents as close by as possible, regardless of |
| to learn. | | | | what activity they are currently engaged in. Make |
| 2. Be a friend and let your child trust in you: Let | | | | sure therefore to be especially attentive and |
| your child feel they can trust in you, that they | | | | affectionate to such a child, and engage with |
| can confide in you with their secrets, their fears, | | | | them, whether it is watching the TV with them |
| worries and concerns as well as the triumphs | | | | or playing a game. |
| they have. Don't trivialize or patronize the child, | | | | |