09/11/2026
Pathological demand avoidance is one of the less well-known patterns that can appear in children with ADHD, and one of the more exhausting for families to navigate. If your child resists almost every request -- not just the hard ones, but routine ones too -- and the usual behavioral strategies don't seem to work at all, our post on PDA and ADHD is worth reading.
Raising a child or teen with ADHD can have its own unique challenges, and when you’re a parent of one of these children, it’s not uncommon to find that you’re not necessarily equipped with the knowledge and education needed to understand and support them. For example, we know that children wit...