I disciplined my ADHD daughter all wrong. This saved our relationship.

Podcast: Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids · Jessica Shaw, Understood.org

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

Psychotherapist and ADHD expert Merriam Saunders spent years locked in daily battles with her strong-willed daughter. No form of discipline worked. Then one ordinary blowup led to an unexpected realization: The problem wasn’t defiance, it was an ADHD skills gap. And, crucially, she realized it wasn’t her daughter’s job to fix it. Merriam shares what happened the moment she chose connection over control, and how that choice reshaped their relationship for good. For more on this topic Watch: Why I stopped hiding my kid’s neurodivergence Read: 7 discipline tips when your child has...