What's Going On Beneath The Surface When A Child With ADHD Argues Back?

There's a lot to unpack here.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

When your child with ADHD argues back, you might find yourself getting stuck in a frustration-fuelled cycle that goes from 0-60 in the blink of an eye.

But if you find it becoming a pattern, it’s not because they are ‘bad’, manipulative or deliberately trying to provoke you. Far from it.

Underneath the surface, children are often struggling to regulate their emotions, trying to seek connection, or attempting to make sense of a situation that feels overwhelming or unpredictable.

To try and break the cycle, Allison Solomon, a parent coach who has inattentive ADHD and has three neurodivergent children, said in a TikTok video that her number one ADHD parenting tip is to “stop engaging” in arguments with your children.

Solomon explained that “the ADHD brain doesn’t have enough dopamine – and your child needs dopamine in order to access their thinking part of the brain or the prefrontal cortex”. She suggested parents arguing back become their children’s “negative source of........

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