How to be a good parent to a child with ADHD?

From the parents’ point of view, they will often be at a loss for words when faced with a child with ADHD. To be a good parent of a child with ADHD, the first thing to do is to do the following: 1. Improve the parent-child relationship so that the child feels that his parents care about him. Parents should learn to listen to their children’s ideas, give their children some space to think, give their children more care, and take out some time to play with their children. This is not only conducive to enhance emotional communication with children, but also conducive to the development of children’s independence and self-esteem. 2, appropriate expectations, do not compare academic performance, learn appropriate parenting skills. Starting from the actual situation of the child, patiently and target-oriented education. Their requirements should be consistent, but not too demanding, and not as strict as for normal children, not to compare them with normal children; try to ignore their destructive behaviors; organize and arrange appropriate activities, so that there is a place for the release of their excessive energy, and give timely encouragement to quiet behaviors and concentration; cultivate regular living habits, and enhance the ability of self-control. 3.Early treatment, under the correct assessment of the doctor, learn to accept the behavioral and drug treatment methods, and establish confidence in treatment. Parents of children with ADHD should understand that hyperactive behavior is not a child’s willful act, but involuntary, uncontrollable pathological behavior; inattention is not a child’s disobedience, but the brain may have pathological damage, this disease has certain biological and genetic factors based on the etiology of the disease is also more complex, so in the treatment of the short-term cure is not, it may need a longer education and It may require a longer education and correction process. 4, face the reality, do not complain, to see the child’s advantages, to be good at discovering the child’s hobbies and specialties, make the best use of the situation, good guidance, let it as far as possible to play the talent. 5, adjust the mood, reduce the expression of bad emotions, enhance physical exercise, improve the quality of family life. Because of the symptoms of ADHD children’s characteristics, so that the child is not very popular, mischievous in class, disobedience to the teacher, and poor academic performance; class like to provoke right and wrong, and the relationship with small friends is very tense, as parents are often subject to teachers and classmates of the complaint, so that their own mood is very bad, and often frustration, resentment, guilt and regret of the emotions. Parents should treat teachers and classmates’ complaints calmly, do not conflict with children when they are in a bad mood, learn to express their emotions reasonably, and keep the family atmosphere as harmonious and democratic as possible. Parents should exercise regularly, travel regularly, and create a stable and warm family living space for their children.