Without realizing it, some parents give more attention to their child with ADHD than to their children without. Here's how to make things more fair.
Explain the difficulties and differences that come with ADHD, and why some children need extra time and attention.Provide a forum for every family member to voice his or her concerns.You can build in talk time while you run errands together. Depending on your children’s ages, try staggering bedtimes, to give each child more focused interaction.This is what it takes to be a “team player” in the household.
Bring your ADHD child to his sister’s soccer game, so he can cheer her on, and vice versa. Each child knows he’s important, even when he is not the center of attention.Five-year-old Sue idolized her older brother, John — and began throwing tantrums alongside him when he had an ADHD outburst. How did Sue’s parents keep her from “catching” ADHD?Explain that certain behavior is against the rules for everyone, but that big brother sometimes can’t control himself.
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