Mom Parent ADHD

You Don’t Have To Be An ADHD Expert To Advocate For Your Child Why Your Everyday Knowledge Matters In Conversations With Schools, Doctors, Therapists, And Specialists When a school meeting, doctor’s appointment, or specialist conversation is placed on the calendar, it is easy to feel as though you have homework to do before you are allowed to speak. You may start searching unfamiliar terms late at...

How Constant Correction Can Affect Your ADHD Child’s Heart What Repeated Reminders May Teach Your Child About Mistakes, Disappointment, And Your Relationship Your child may ask, “Are you mad at me?” before you have corrected them at all. They may already be reading your face, your tone, or the pause that usually comes before another reminder. For a child with ADHD, repeated correction can begin to...

When You Love Your Child But Do Not Like The Hard Hours The shame ADHD moms carry when exhaustion starts to feel like resentment There are parts of motherhood we rarely admit out loud. You can love your child deeply and still have afternoons when you do not enjoy being around them. You can understand why your child with ADHD is struggling and still feel hurt, irritated, resentful, or relieved when...

ADHD Screen Time: Why It Feels Different in Our Homes Screen limits, difficult transitions, and helping kids with ADHD stop without turning every evening into a battle Screen time can feel surprisingly complicated when you are raising a child with ADHD. It may help your child settle after a demanding school day. It may give you enough quiet to make dinner, help another child, answer a message, or...

Why Some ADHD Kids Take Every Little Thing So Deeply When small moments feel huge, your child may be reacting to the meaning they attached to the moment... not just the moment itself. Some moments feel so small from where we are standing. A quick correction. A tired look. A friend who goes quiet. A simple reminder about homework. But for some of our children, those moments land somewhere much deep...

In this episode of the Mom Parent ADHD Podcast , we are talking about what happens when your child’s behavior is real, but it is not the whole story. As moms raising children with ADHD, we often hear quick explanations about our children’s behavior. They need to listen. They know better. They need to try harder. They need firmer discipline. But many moms know there is often more happening undernea...

Podcast Show Notes Episode Summary Some days in ADHD parenting do not just feel hard. They feel like survival mode. In this episode of Mom Parent ADHD Podcast , Lola speaks directly to the mom raising a child with ADHD who is tired of meltdowns, chaos, guilt, school concerns, broken routines, and the constant feeling that she can never catch up. This episode also shares the heart behind From Chaos...

Show Notes Season 1, Episode 6 When ADHD School Mornings Leave Moms Drained: What the morning rush quietly does to your body, your confidence, and your heart In this episode of the Mom Parent ADHD Podcast , Lola talks about the emotional toll that ADHD school mornings can take on moms... especially after the rushing, reminders, tension, and hard drop-offs are technically over, but still sitting he...

It's Not Just Shoes: What's Really Happening When Your ADHD Child Gets Stuck On The Simple Things Have you ever asked your child to do something simple... put on shoes, brush teeth, open the homework folder, get in the car... and suddenly the whole moment falls apart? You know they know how to do it. You know they did it yesterday. You know it should only take a minute. But there they are, frozen,...

When Bedtime Becomes the Breaking Point: A gentle ADHD bedtime reset for moms after a hard night Episode Description Bedtime in an ADHD home can feel like the emotional breaking point of the day. In this episode of Mom Parent ADHD , Lola talks about the part many moms carry quietly after bedtime – the guilt, the regret, the exhaustion, and the feeling that they should have handled it better. This...

Have you ever watched your child with ADHD fall apart over something that seemed so small? The wrong cup. The wrong socks. The broken granola bar. The shirt that suddenly feels unbearable. The simple direction that somehow turns into a full meltdown. And there you are, standing in the kitchen, hallway, car, or bedroom, wondering: How did we get here again? In this episode of Mom Parent ADHD , we a...

New ADHD Diagnosis: Mom, You're Going to Be Okay When your child is diagnosed with ADHD, the emotions can come all at once. Relief. Fear. Validation. Grief. Questions. Even when you suspected it for a while, and even when you were the one pushing for answers, hearing those letters out loud can still land hard. This episode explores that emotional moment and reframes an ADHD diagnosis not as a limi...

Have you ever looked at another family and wondered why everything seems so much easier for them? In this episode of Mom Parent ADHD , we talk about the hidden grief that can come with parenting a child with ADHD, especially when your motherhood journey feels louder, heavier, and more unpredictable than you expected. This is a conversation about comparison, emotional exhaustion, and the invisible...