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Children are human animals first — and before we can understand behaviour, we need to understand human needs. Safety. Belonging. Power and control. 🥊 Stop reacting like a parent. Start guiding like a coach. #ADHDParenting #EmotionalRegulation #ParentLeadership

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The ADHD conversation doesn’t need to become: MEDICATE THE CHILD or CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT.

This is where my experience in sports coaching shapes how I see ADHD. A good coach doesn’t develop emotional regulation by giving a child a lecture about emotions. We create manageable challenge.

We cannot engineer a life in which those experiences never occur. So alongside appropriate support, we should also be asking: How can we help children become better at navigating them?

This is where I think The Great ADHD Myth? missed something. A lot was changed around Mason: Screen time. Diet. Time outdoors. Family activities. Environment. Yoga But where was the deliberate training of the skills he was struggling with?

Think about what we ask children to do for hours every day: Sit still. Suppress impulses. Sustain attention on adult-selected tasks. Follow instructions. Organise themselves. Tolerate boredom. Manage frustration. All areas children with ADHD experience difficulty.

But without medication, he began finding school harder. His concentration and work deteriorated. Eventually he became frustrated because he couldn’t perform as well academically. It raises a much more complicated question about the relationship between the child and school.

Mason’s story was probably the most interesting part of the documentary. He temporarily came off his ADHD medication. His screen time was reduced. His diet changed. He spent more time outdoors and he started engaging more with his family.

Two opposing camps. On one side: “ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder.” On the other: “We’re pathologising normal human variation.” There are legitimate questions within both discussions, but reducing ADHD to a choice between these two positions misses something important.

Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? has caused huge controversy. But I think arguing over whether ADHD is “real” risks distracting us from a much more useful conversation. Here’s what I took from the documentary 🧵👇

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I have ADHD and had no issue with it because i understood the argument that was being made

My university assessment put my verbal comprehension in the 97th percentile—yet I still struggled to complete my coursework. I could understand the subject, answer questions quickly and often finish tests before everyone else. #ADHD #Thegreatadhdmyth #ADHDEducation

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