Robert Locke is a Health enthusiast who specializes in Children's Health. He has written extensively on ADHD. Discover what Natural ADHD treatment is available.
When my brother was a teenager he always used to reply to my mother's nagging questions about what time he was coming home, by just saying ' half past'! Funny answer, but not really helpful for a parent who is trying to increase responsibility and at the same time keep up supervision and some sort of control.
If you asked parents of ADHD teens, if they knew who exactly they were hanging out with, what time they would be back and what they were doing, then you might be surprised at the lack of information. So that is the first rule because if you do not know the answer to these questions every time your ADHD teens are outside the house, then there is a risk of them ending up in bad company and maybe getting into trouble with the law.
As ADHD teens get older, they need to be given more responsibility for their actions. They are well aware of what the house rule are and that goes for drugs, homework, curfew and so on. They also know what the bottom line is and that below that line, there is no room for negotiation. As regards curfew, you can gradually extend it by half an hour every few months and if they are late, you can go back to the previous curfew time. This works much better than going back to the original curfew time, that is starting all over again, as this will only create some resentment.
Anger management applies just as much to parents as it does to ADHD teens especially when the curfew is broken and you are suddenly tempted to act on impulse which can only make the situation worse. You need to plan what you are going to say and do because you know that this is a potential problem. ADHD behaviour therapy can help you to do that without an angry outburst.
Instead of arguments and defiance over homework you can make sure that a homework contract is in place and rewards like extension of curfew can be applied. If you ask your ADHD teenagers to draw this up with you, this is a great way of increasing their sense of responsibility and they can add in things they feel strongly about and which really annoy them. The same goes for the parents
In handling ADHD teens, you may want to hope that medication will be enough and get you through on a wing and a prayer! But all the experts now tell us that without any behaviour modification or effective parenting, dysfunctional ADHD teenagers will not learn how to solve their behaviour problems. So, why not learn about a simple system which will end all the shouting, cursing and defiance?
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