ADHD Dude

09/03/2026

If your child with ADHD has a propensity to be inflexible, uncooperative, or if they're like my son and say "No" to anything new or unfamiliar, this video is for you.

The most common problem I see in families of kids with ADHD is what I refer to as "high giving/low expectations". This is when parents give and give, and privileges are treated as entitlements owed to the child, rather than as something earned by meeting daily expectations.

What commonly accompanies "high giving/low expectations" is that the child with ADHD is treated as if they are fragile and incapable, when the reality is they are "anti-fragile" and highly capable; however, they may be resistant to having to put effort into uninteresting things.

In the ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training sequence for your child's age, you will learn how to increase cooperation in your home by having daily expectations in place, spread throughout the day for your child to earn their "currency" (screen time, a special toy, game time with you, etc.)

We create expectations for behavior/cooperation and helping around the house. In many cases, we also create daily expectations for how family members should be treated.

When your child has daily expectations in place to earn their currency, they feel useful, learn how capable they are, and behavior, cooperation, and emotional regulation improve at home

Our Parent Behavior Training is designed for busy, working parents and includes the ADHD Dude app so you can listen to the content while you're driving, exercising, etc. See the course sequence for your child's age in the comments section below.

09/02/2026

Many parents work hard to get their child a diagnosis, so it makes sense to want every intervention to match that label.

The problem is wanting everything to fit into a nice little box that is specific to their child's diagnostic labels.

What is taught in the ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training programs is scaffolding and skill-building. Scaffolding means parents learn how to create the structure that helps their child succeed in behavior, emotional regulation, cooperation, and, most importantly, in realizing how capable they are. Skill-building is about helping children develop the skills they may be lagging in.

Scaffolding and skill-building do not attach themselves to diagnoses or labels. A child without any diagnosis may need to build some of the same skills as a child with ADHD or autism. A different child may need the same type of scaffolding that a child with ADHD needs to be successful at home.

What matters at the end of the day is what we are doing to help children feel successful and recognize their abilities. That is what ADHD Dude provides to families, whether or not their child has a diagnosis.

You can start your parent behavior training today and help your child recognize how capable they are at adhddude.com

09/01/2026

As the school year begins, I wanted to share this video of my Top 5 Tips for Parents of Elementary Schoolers. My hope is that this school year you can focus on skill-building and scaffolding, the two things a child with ADHD needs at home to be successful with behavior, cooperation, emotional regulation, independence, and, most importantly, to help them recognize how capable they are.

If you'd like to learn more about our Parent Behavior Training for families of elementary schoolers, please see the comments section below.

08/31/2026

08/30/2026

I am always greatly appreciative to receive feedback like this, and hear that the Parent Behavior Training is making a family's home life better. More importantly, knowing that any kid is likely feeling better about themselves because they're managing their emotions in a more constructive way.

See our Parent Behavior Training sequence for your child's age in the comments section below.

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

The arguing, asking "why" over and over, following you around the house, threatening to break things, becoming destructive or aggressive. These are all common behaviors exhibited by some children with ADHD when they hear "No".

This is not a character flaw; it's lagging and inconsistent use of cognitive flexibility, one of the core executive function skills that is rarely discussed.

"In this video, I explain the most effective way to handle it when your child starts to escalate after hearing "No."

If you want your child to improve their flexibility and develop better coping skills when they hear "No", please see our Parent Behavior Training sequence for your child's age in the comments section.

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

Our latest episode features our top three tips for a successful school year with your high schooler.

The link to listen or watch is below in the comments section. please make sure to subscribe to the podcast on your preferred platform - spotify, Apple podcast, Youtube, etc

08/25/2026

This is a clip from ADHD Dude membership office hours.

Parenting a child with ADHD comes with questions that do not have easy answers. And most parents do not have access to someone with real depth of knowledge and expertise in ADHD research to help them troubleshoot.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀.

Twice a month, ADHD Dude members get direct access to that expertise through live office hours where they can ask as many questions as they need. You are not seen or heard on camera. Some members come to watch and learn from the questions others are asking. And if you cannot make it live, every session is available as a replay.

To have your questions answered, you do need to attend live.
Start your Parent Training today at our website.