How Your Parenting Style Affects Your Child.

Parenting a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has more pitfalls than
parenting the average child.

You'll need to experiment to find out what works best for
your child. Also, because a child with ADHD is unpredictable,
what works one day might need a different approach the next.


Your style of parenting affects your child's behavior. Just
as good habits can be learned, there are things that can increase
the likelihood of misbehavior.

They include:
1. Your experience as a child. If you were told off all the
time as a child, you might do the same with your own
children - or go the opposite way and never tell them off.

2. Parents disagreeing on rules. This confuses your child,
who won't know what he's supposed to be doing so his
behavior will deteriorate. You're also setting yourself up
for 'divide and rule', where if one parent says no, he'll ask
the other and act on a 'yes'.

3. Lack of energy. If you've had a hard day at work, you're
feeling low, you're not getting enough help or you're
coming down with a bug, it's easy to let discipline slip.
One-off occasions won't hurt, but if it continues for a long
time, your child may start behaving badly to get some
attention from you.

For more parenting tips for your ADD Child take a look at The Calm Kids Program

Parenting the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Child.

Parenting the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Child.

Parenting the ADD child is quite a challenge. Not only do you have to cope with the challenges that come with parenting an ADD child you have to deal with the opinions of those around you as well. Grandparents may feel that there's nothing wrong with the child, he just needs stronger discipline. After all ADD didn't exist when Granny was a little girl. The Next Door Neighbor may feel that you are using ADD as an excuse for your child's bad behavior.

What you need to remember is that your child is suffering from a recognized medical condition and it requires special care.

Your best line of defence is a good education. Learn all that you can about ADD/ADHD. This blog is a good place to start. Read as many books as you can. To help you select books most suitable to the needs of your ADD child, take a look at
http://attention-deficit-disorder-books.blogspot.com