Dealing with defiance and emotional over-reaction in kids with ADHD
A child diagnosed with ADHD may have a short attention span, show defiance to adults and be emotionally over-reactive. Possibly this child can also be intensely curious and often ask questions about existential matters. Parenting such kids is like riding a roller coaster of highs and lows. What type of therapies could be considered to help? It sounds like such a kid is a curious and inquisitive, and those are great qualities, especially when they can be harnessed in a positive way. You wouldn't want to minimize or discourage that. Defiance and emotional outbursts. Why is that? It's not surprising to hear that along with ADHD a child has defiance and emotional outbursts, as they are very common in kids with ADHD, though they are not, themselves, symptoms of ADHD. More than 50 percent of kids with ADHD also exhibit defiance and emotional outbursts. Kids who have ADHD tend to become defiant in circumscribed situations—when they are expected to do homework, go to bed, stop playin