Support for Parents of Teens and College Students with ADHD
Compassionate guidance to help you understand ADHD, reduce conflict, and support you and your child without shame or constant power struggles.
When It Feels Like Nothing Is Working
You may be exhausted from trying to help.
More reminders. More structure. More consequences. More encouragement. And still, the same painful patterns.
Homework battles. Missed deadlines. Emotional blowups. Promises to "do better" that don’t last.
You might quietly wonder:
"Am I doing this wrong?"
"Why can’t they just follow through?"
"How do I help without pushing them further away?"
Parenting a teen or college student with ADHD can feel confusing and lonely. It doesn’t mean you’ve failed — and it doesn’t mean your child is incapable.
Often, it means everyone is trying very hard without the right kind of support
Understanding What’s Really Happening
At its core, ADHD involves disrupted neurotransmitter signals at the level of the synapse. This means that it affects executive functioning, emotional regulation, motivation, and follow-through. It impacts how the brain starts tasks, manages time, tolerates frustration, and shifts attention.
What can look like laziness, defiance, or lack of care is often a nervous system that is overwhelmed, under-stimulated, or struggling with skills that haven’t fully developed yet.
When you understand how ADHD actually works — especially during the high school and college years when independence increases — your approach can shift from control and urgency to clarity and collaboration.
How Coaching Supports Your Family
Coaching can provide:
Clear, developmentally appropriate education about ADHD
Language to reduce shame — for both you and your child
Strategies that build independence instead of dependence
Tools for navigating the high school to college transition
A neutral space that reduces power struggles at home
This is not about blaming parents or fixing your child. It’s about creating support that fits how their brain works.
A calm, supported, and custom path forward
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A low-pressure conversation to talk through what’s been hard and what you’re hoping to get out of coaching.
Start with a Free Discovery Session
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We decide together what kind of coaching support makes sense for your needs and capacity and customize your plan.
Choose Support that Fits
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Learn how ADHD affects attention, emotions, energy, follow-through, and rejection sensitivity — so challenges make sense and shame softens.
Understand Your Brain
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Build Supportive Structures
Create ADHD-friendly routines, scaffolding, and real-life regulation skills you can actually sustain.
It Doesn’t Have to Feel This Hard
With the right support, families often begin to notice:
Fewer daily conflicts
More productive conversations
Clearer expectations and boundaries
Increased independence over time
A growing sense of trust — in your child and in yourself
If you’re exploring support for your teen or college student, you’re welcome to begin with a conversation.
