Children and teenagers with “executive functioning disorders” are often diagnosed with ADHD (or ADD), specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia, and/or high-functioning autism (ASD). While every individual is unique, youth with these issues after often very smart, kind, empathetic, creative, and inventive thinkers about topics of strong interest to them. At the same time, they can be disorganized, forgetful, frequent procrastinators, and poor problem solvers. Parenting such children can be deeply rewarding AND challenging! These challenges have grown since the COVID pandemic changed our school and work lives. Parenting *and* supervising kids with e-learning raises so many questions. When to get involved? How to help? How to manage your own responsibilities and stress while making sure your son or daughter is making progress in school?
One resource of note may help parents and other caregivers is an ongoing blog for parents from The Edge Foundation. This organization provides coaching to students with ADD/ADHD. Many of their blog entries, though, apply to parenting kids and teenagers with other diagnoses, too:
