Research published in the International Journal of Educational Research found that parents of children with ADHD describe homework as a persistently stressful part of their family’s daily life  and called for targeted parenting interventions to address it. (Source: ScienceDirect, 2023) I did not need a study to tell me this. I hear it every week. […]

A 2021 study of 710 children aged 7–12 found that major improvements in impulse control occur only around grades 4 and 5  reflecting significant neurological changes that take years to develop. (Source: Handspring Health, citing peer-reviewed developmental research, 2025) I think about that statistic often when I sit with mothers who come to me after […]

In 2025, one in five parents reported making at least two formal complaints to their child’s school in a single year. But far fewer talk about the other side of that story, the parents who dread receiving those calls, not making them. (Source: Parentkind Survey, 2025) I know that feeling well. In my practice, I […]

There is a particular kind of hurt that comes when your child does not respond to you. It starts as irritation. But underneath the irritation, if you sit with it honestly, there is something softer, a feeling of not being heard, not being respected, maybe even not being seen. In my years of practice, I […]

You have said it more times than you can count. “Sit properly.” “Stop moving.” “Just stay in one place.” And every time, it feels like your words are disappearing into thin air. In my years of working with families, this is one of the most exhausting things parents describe to me, not the big crises, […]

Globally, an estimated 8% of children and adolescents live with ADHD  and millions more show hyperactive tendencies without a formal diagnosis. (Source: ScienceDirect Umbrella Review, 2023) Yet in most homes, the response to this behaviour is still the same: repeat, correct, raise your voice, repeat again. I know this because in my 17 years of […]