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Parenting and ADHD, Raising Teenagers, Teens and ADHD

Using Your Teen’s Love Language to Break the Cycle of Frustration

  • LovingGrADDitude
  • April 16, 2021
  • break cycle of frustration, love language, parenting ADHD teens

Do you know your teen’s love language?

My oldest son’s love language is acts of service (more specifically, when things are made neat and tidy for him).
Now, my kids do their chores. It’s their responsibility to clean their rooms, do their laundry, and take ownership of their space. But my son is currently juggling a ton of work with school,  rehearsals 4 nights a week as he’s in 3 different performances right now, and he’s gotten behind on his linens and keeping up his laundry.

(If you know me at all, you know that I love to do laundry and have nice fresh linens on my bed… We’re a lot alike, he and I.)

So I had to make a choice. I could take the heaping pile of dirty laundry and make it about me. I could tell myself I’ve had enough to deal with these  past few days and that I’m also handling a very overloaded work schedule. I could lay more responsibility on him and favor my own comfort over his stress level. 

Or… I could reflect on the things he is doing well and the kind of person he is. 

Only one of those options is going to result in a happy, healthy, collaborative relationship between me and my teen. I chose to use my teen’s love language to break the cycle of frustration.

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Parenting and ADHD, Raising Teenagers, Teens and ADHD

The Dark Side of ADHD Has a Bright Side

  • LovingGrADDitude
  • April 12, 2021
  • parenting ADHD teens, the dark side of adhd has a bright side

I know, I talk a lot about the “small” problems – messy bedrooms, missed chores, trouble getting teens to sleep…

At LovingGrADDitude, I like to focus on the positive aspects of ADHD. We hear so much negative everywhere else that I just want to shine a spotlight on the helpful and the hopeful over here. 

But, what about you parents who have bigger things to worry about? To you I say, the dark side of ADHD has a bright side.

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It’s Called Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

  • LovingGrADDitude
  • April 2, 2021
  • ADHD and sleep, parenting ADHD teens, revenge bedtime procrastination

The CDC says that teenagers ages 13-18 should sleep 8-10 hours every night. 

Their bodies (and brains) need it. 

So why don’t they go to sleep?! 

Sleep defiance is a constant worry for parents of teens with ADHD because we see the effect of lack of sleep when they are moody and unfocused during the day… when they feel discouraged and uncooperative. 

I was talking to my oldest son the other day, and he said, “I like to stay up because then I own my time – and 9 hours of the day, other people own my time- it’s called Revenge bedtime procrastination.”

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Teenagers who love spring cleaning

  • LovingGrADDitude
  • March 25, 2021
  • parenting ADHD teens, spring cleaning

There’s just something about April that makes you want to do some spring cleaning…

I’ve been taking walks and finding more space in my schedule this month, going a little lighter on social media, and giving my teenagers more ownership of their time and cleaning.

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Dealing with COVID-19, Parenting and ADHD, Raising Teenagers

Kelly is Marked SAFE from Chaos

  • LovingGrADDitude
  • March 3, 2021
  • parenting ADHD teens

It’s been a month, hasn’t it? It seems like no matter where you live right now, there is some kind of hardship happening.

For me, all the crazy outside gets me really grateful for the haven we’ve created inside our home with our sons.

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