Schedules, breakfasts, wake-ups, registration forms. Drop-offs and pick-ups and lunches. Getting kids—particularly neurodivergent kids—mentally and physically prepared for sitting in class come fall often takes center stage at the start of the school year. But for parents with ADHD, back-to-school can be a time of under-acknowledged stress and upheaval.
“A lot of the emphasis goes on the kid being ready and not a lot of emphasis goes on the parent who’s preparing them,” says psychiatrist Sasha Hamdani, MD. “It’s just this huge ramp up in intellectual needs.”
While ADHD can look different from person to person, it’s generally characterized by “a breakdown in functioning related to an inability to regulate focus,” Dr. Hamdani says, which can also affect your ability to regulate emotions.
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