Beyond BAD Behavior: Thriving as a Non-ADHD Parent While Raising an ADHD Child- Solution Focused Strategies to Reduce Stressful Days and Daily Meltdowns!!

Welcome back to The Path to Peace Therapy Podcast. I’m Stephanie Buckley: an AMFT Solution-Focused Therapist specializing in ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and narcissistic relationships. I’m also a mother to a now-thriving 22-year-old neurodivergent son, and I’ve been married for over three decades. I bring both clinical knowledge and lived experience to this conversation because I’ve walked this road.

Today’s episode isn’t about partnerships or marriages it’s about the emotional labor of parenting a child with ADHD when you, as the neurotypical parent, are silently carrying the cognitive and emotional load for two. This episode is for the parents who’ve cried in their cars after school drop-off, who wake up already bracing for the morning chaos, and who feel both fiercely protective of their child and profoundly depleted by them.

Just like in romantic partnerships, the same dynamics of misunderstanding, resentment, and chronic nervous system overload can emerge between a non-ADHD parent and a child with ADHD. When we fail to recognize the neurodevelopmental roots of executive dysfunction, we personalize behavior that is often not willful defiance but neurological dysregulation. This episode will reframe your lens, offering a breakdown of the child’s ADHD brain, the parent's internal emotional response, and evidence-based strategies rooted in developmental psychology, family systems theory, and co-regulation science.

Let's transform that silent sigh into a powerful, intentional shift. Let’s dive deep.

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This episode is for educational purposes and to provide support. They’re not a substitute for professional mental health evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment.”

The more we learn to recognize the signs behind the behaviors, the more compassion and support we can offer to our kids, our partners, and ourselves.

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And as always, take a deep breath, give yourself some grace, and remember: peace is possible, and you don’t have to do this alone. #hermosabeachtherapist #ADHD