The ADHD Parenting Podcast

Understanding ADHD medications: What Parents Need to Know - Part One

Hosts Ryan and Mike tackle one of the most frequently asked questions from parents: Is ADHD medication safe? In this first installment of a two-part series, they break do

Top Three Tips For A Successful School Year (High School)

Hosts Ryan and Mike deliver the high school companion to their elementary and middle school back-to-school episode, focusing on the shift parents need to make from managi

Top Three Tips For A Successful School Year (Elementary & Middle School)

Hosts Ryan and Mike share the three things that will have the biggest impact on an ADHD child's school year — and none of them involve buying supplies. First, they explai

Competent Roles for Kids with ADHD

Hosts Ryan and Mike make the case that children with ADHD don't need fewer responsibilities — they need better-scaffolded, consistent ones. They introduce the idea of a "

Answering Parents' Questions

Hosts Ryan and Mike work through five real listener questions covering some of the most common — and most misunderstood — challenges of raising kids with ADHD: a six-year

ADHD Medication: What Parents Need to Know | Part 2

In part two of this two-part series, Mike and Ryan discuss why families often abandon medication too quickly after a single difficult trial, the importance of trial-and-e

ADHD Medication: What Parents Need to Know | Part 1

Ryan & Mike take on ADHD kids' medication based on research and doctors, not social media. They cover untreated ADHD risks, debunk the psychiatrist myth, and put decision

Debunking Four ADHD Parenting Myths

Ryan and Mike take on four of the loudest myths in Facebook ADHD parenting groups: pharmacogenetic ("cheek swab") testing for medication selection, the idea that every AD

Stop Lowering The Bar. Why High Expectations Are The Most Loving Thing For ADHD Kids

In this episode of the ADHD Parenting Podcast, hosts Mike and Ryan tackle a provocative but critical topic: why high expectations are the most loving thing you can do for

Why ADHD Kids Struggle with Reading and Writing

In this episode, Ryan and Mike explore the real reason children with ADHD struggle with reading comprehension and written expression—working memory issues, not laziness o

ADHD Kids and Consequences – What the Research Says

In this episode, Ryan and Mike take on one of the most hotly debated topics in the ADHD parenting space: do kids with ADHD actually need consequences? Social media influe

Stepping Into Your Parental Authority

Today's episode is a re-release of Episode 43, because the message is just that important. In this episode of The ADHD Parenting Podcast, hosts Ryan Wexelblatt and Mike

Answering Parents' Questions

In this episode of the ADHD Parenting Podcast, Mike and Ryan answer several listener questions about common challenges parents face when raising children with ADHD. They

What New Research Says About Screen Time & ADHD (And Why Online Advice Gets It Wrong)

In this episode, Ryan and Mike discuss how screen time impacts the executive functioning skills already delayed in kids with ADHD — things like impulse control, attention

The Executive Function Playbook

In this episode, Mike and Ryan walk through the core questions parents often ask about independence, responsibility, and executive functioning in kids with ADHD—using the

Answering Parents' Questions

In this listener Q&A episode, Ryan and Mike tackle some of the most challenging real-life situations parents of kids with ADHD face at home. From bedtime anxiety that spi

Debunking Four Common ADHD Parenting Myths

In this episode of the Mike and Ryan break down four widespread myths about ADHD that continue to circulate on social media, in parent groups, and even in professional se

The Best Treatments For ADHD Kids, Based on Evidence

This episode breaks down the major misconceptions about ADHD treatment and clarifies what decades of research, major clinical guidelines, and leading experts actually rec

Your Child Is Not Your Co-Parent | part 2

This is part 2 of "Your Child Is Not Your Co-Parent". Ryan and Mike continue examining why popular “gentle” and heavy emotional-validation parenting approaches often back

Your Child Is Not Your Co-Parent | part 1

In this first half of a two-part episode, Ryan and Mike break down why many modern parenting approaches—especially those centered on constant negotiation and seeking a ch