152: If my ADHD kid is like this now…what will they be like at 18?!
6/29/202624 min
This week I spoke to over a dozen parents. Every single one said a version of this "If they're like this now…what will they be like as a teenager? As an adult?"
This fear is REAL for parents of ADHD kids. We want to know we've given them everything they need to be successful. Will they take no for an answer or take it too far? Will they be able to handle rejection or criticism? Will they be able to handle the responsibilities of a job?
This is the episode about what fear is actually doing to us and how it's changing our reactions. And I give you the first step to reverse engineer these fears into skills!
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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how to parent in alignment to your emotions, needs, and goals versus your programming, bad advice, and let's face it, outdated strategies that just don't work.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. Hello. Welcome back. I wanted to talk about something that was striking to me this week. It's not new to me. It's not something that I haven't thought of either, but the volume of people that I spoke to this week, I probably had a dozen conversations with parents of ADHD kids this week, and virtually every single conversation that I had, they said something to the effect of, "If my kid is acting like this now, what will they be like when they're older? When they're 18? When they're in a relationship?" There were so many conversations of, "If my son is acting like this, will he be a man who doesn't take no for an answer?" Or, "If my daughter continues to have these huge emotional outbursts, will anybody ever take her seriously, or will she be able to actually hold down a job?"