HeyJaredADHD Families Podcast
ADHD Families Podcast helps parents raising children with ADHD create a calmer, more functional family life — without burnout or chaos.Hosted by Sharon, a PCC credentialed ADHD Coach, Parenting Expert, and mum of three boys with ADHD, this podcast delivers practical…
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Episode 90: You've Read Everything About ADHD. Nothing's Sticking. (opens the original)
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***Join the ADHD Family Quest*** How many tabs about ADHD do you have open right now? On your phone, on your laptop. The one about dopamine. The one about demand avoidance. The routine chart someone swore by at 11pm. You are not short on information about ADHD. You could probably explain executive function better than your GP can. And your Tuesday morning at 7:40am still falls apart. That gap between everything you know and what actually happens in your house is not a knowledge problem. In this
Episode 89: Why Reward Charts Stop Working for Children With ADHD (opens the original)
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Week one, the reward chart is magic. Your child is racing to the fridge for their gold star. The school bag is actually being put away. Nobody is nagging. Nobody is arguing. And you think, finally, THIS is the thing that is going to change our family. Then week two arrives. The magnets are missing. The stickers are on the floor. Nobody cares about the chart anymore and another beautifully laminated parenting system gets shoved into the kitchen drawer where hope goes to die. So, why do reward cha
Episode 88: Angel at School, Falling Apart at Home: After-School Meltdowns Explained (opens the original)
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They held it together all day. The teacher says they were fine. Maybe they even had a great day. Then they walk through the front door and within 10 minutes, everything falls apart. The bag gets thrown. There are tears over the wrong snack. A sibling looks at them the wrong way. Something tiny turns into a full meltdown that wipes out the entire evening. So why does your child with ADHD manage all day at school — then completely unravel at home? In this episode, Sharon explains after-school rest
Episode 87: ADHD and Big Emotions: Why the Smallest Thing Sets Them Off (opens the original)
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The toast was cut the wrong way. That’s all it took. Suddenly there are tears, slammed doors and an emotional reaction so huge you’re standing there wondering, how is THIS the hill we’re dying on today? If your child with ADHD can go from zero to completely overwhelmed over something that seems tiny, this episode will help you understand why. Sharon breaks down what’s really happening underneath ADHD emotional dysregulation, meltdowns and big emotional reactions and why the size of the reaction
Episode 86: Why Your Child's Meltdowns Happen at the Same Time Every Day (opens the original)
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Why does your child melt down at exactly 7:15am, 3:15pm and 8:45pm, like clockwork? On the ADHD Families Podcas t , Sharon Collon, PCC credentialed ADHD coach and founder of The Functional Family , explains why ADHD meltdowns aren't random. They run to a very tight timetable, and that timetable is the most useful information you've got. Sharon unpacks the three windows where most ADHD families break (morning launch, after school landing and the bedtime encore), answers the question every parent
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