“My stepdaughter has ADHD and her mother doesn't want to work with us to help her. We're doing everything suggested for a child with ADHD and we feel it isn’t helping because she only has that at our house. She is becoming defiant toward us.” orderoochaos
Q: “My stepdaughter has ADHD and her mother does not want to work with us to help her. We have her 50/50. At our house, she has structure, rules, one chore per day, bedtime, etc. At her mom’s it is the opposite. We are doing everything suggested for a child with ADHD and we feel it isn’t helping because she only has that at our house. She is becoming defiant toward us because she can do whatever she wants at her mom’s house.
Please know that you are not alone. At Order Out Of Chaos, we have many community members navigating these uncharted waters. And there are two things I always want to make clear right from the start.thing you have control over is the parenting happening athouse. The most effective thing you can do is keep the focus on the rules and parameters in your home and keep your stepdaughter accountable when she breaks them. In other words, hold the line when she’s out of line.
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