#132: ADHD Part 2

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes, as a parent, it’s tempting to throw around the letters A-D-H-D without a proper diagnosis. Just because your kid seems to be hyperactive or make impulsive decisions does not necessarily mean that he/she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. A lot of times young children have a difficult time focusing on single tasks or sitting still for long periods of time even without ADHD, but these could be indicators of something more. If you have questions, always talk to your doctor. In this second of the two-part series, Dr. Meg guides you through some common treatments and next steps if you or your kid is diagnosed with ADHD. The information Dr. Meg brings in this series can bring about some really beneficial changes in your family! Do you have a question for Dr. Meeker? If so, email them to [email protected] and listen to future episodes to see if your question is featured! WELCOME Dr. Meg starts today’s episode by introducing the completion of the two part series around ADHD and how it affects you and your kids. This is part two and deals with treating ADHD. A CONVERSATION ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (SEGMENT 1) In today’s episode, Dr. Meeker talks about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and common treatments and next steps if you or your kid is diagnosed with ADHD. BREAK A CONVERSATION ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (SEGMENT 2) In today’s episode, Dr. Meeker talks about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and common treatments and next steps if you or your kid is diagnosed with ADHD. PARENT PEP RALLY FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 132, ADHD Part 2, and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach over SIX MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at [email protected] and she could answer your question during the show or you can let us know what you’d like to hear about in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at MeekerParenting.com/resources. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 plus years, I've seen every type of child grow up.
0:06.1	Instead of giving me what I wanted, she gave me what I needed, which was true.
0:10.6	Don't let emotions win.
0:12.9	Let truth win.
0:13.9	Do your very best and you should have a lot of fun while you do it and the better you
0:17.0	get at something, the more fun you're going to have at something.
0:19.4	You, moms and dads are wired with everything you need to be a parent to a great kid.
0:26.7	Welcome to Parenting Great Kids.
0:28.4	This is episode number 132, hard to believe.
0:31.9	I'm your host, Dr. Meg Meeker and today you only get me.
0:38.2	I don't have any guests to interview and the reason is this, I wanted to talk directly
0:43.9	to you, parents, about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
0:49.0	It's so prevalent and I see a lot of it in my practice.
0:52.6	I've studied it and I have a pretty good track record of being able to treat ADHD.
0:58.6	My purpose in doing this podcast is to help you identify whether or not your child may
1:05.5	have ADHD to not be afraid of it and then to encourage you to get some skills to help
1:13.3	your child with ADHD.
1:15.8	Also as an aside, you may find in studying your child and finding out that here she has
1:21.9	ADHD that you, my friend, may also have it.
1:26.0	I'm not saying you do, but often it runs in families and so if you do have it then you
1:30.5	really can help your child.
1:32.6	Many of you don't even know about me so I'm just going to give you a quick rundown in
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