151: Get out of "The Reactive Trap" with your ADHD kid
6/22/202628 min
You know that moment, you ask your kid to do something they HAVE to do…like brush their teeth. You get met with a reaction that's far greater than the request. And within seconds you're in a fight with your kid. Based on how many times you've been in this exact same fight, your nervous system is primed for the fight and you go round and round.
In this episode I share the FIRST most critical step to get out of "The Reactive Trap" by identifying your "Expectation Gap." In this episode I share a few real life examples of how I got OUT of "The Reactive Trap" before getting into a fight over the really annoying things that are expected daily.
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First 90 secondsBecky Jennings· Host0:00
Welcome to Response-Able Parenting, the podcast that shows you how to parent in alignment to your emotions, needs, and goals versus your programming, bad advice, and let's face it, outdated strategies that just don't work. You'll get in-the-trenches support on nervous system and emotional regulation, critical mindset shifts, stronger communication strategies, and more. In this podcast, you'll gain transformational tools that take you from reacting to every frustration, to responding with clarity, regulation, and finally setting the example you desire for your kids. I'm Becky Jennings, your new parenting coach, and this is the Response-Able Parenting Podcast. Let's get into it. Hey, hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode. Okay, we're gonna talk about the fun reactive patterns that we constantly find ourselves in with our ADHD kids. Something that my husband and I have been working on with our kids, and I know this is not everybody's experience, but we are desperate to be able to sleep one extra hour during the weekend. We both have really long hours that we put in every single week. And so just to be able to sleep in, maybe not even sleep in, but allow our body to naturally wake up on its own because our kids are older and they don't demand of us instantaneously in the morning. We've floated the idea of 8:00