Re: ADHD parents dealing with ADHD Kids

[Anonymous]

I’m heading down the same path so I would also love to hear of positive tactics that work on adult children with adhd. My child who has it is only 7 and already we have battles about homework, yet he an stay up for hours playing video games.

What motivated me as a teen/young adult with adhd (before I knew I even had it) was having to work from the age of 14 in awful jobs with equally awful managers. Nothing made me want to get an education more than knowing I needed good school results to get into a profession and a decent life.

Also knowing, my parents couldn’t (mum) or wouldn’t (dad) help me, my siblings and I had to sink or swim and I’m a fighter as it turns out. I think studying a couple of subjects I loved helped me stay motivated and hanging around with nerdy, studious types kept me on track as well. But to be honest, as a teenager I didn’t listen to a word my parents said to me. What kept you motivated Nellie?

Oh, and I vacillate from kind, understanding and supportive parent to shrieking demon too. I feel terrible when I lose it and get upset at having one more adhd thing to try and manage and control. I call it the family curse. We’re fighting a battle on two fronts when nature (biologically having adhd) and nurture (growing up in a household of disorganised, volatile adhders) is against us *sigh*

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