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And the research backs it up. ADHD is one of the most heritable conditions there is, around 74% by the biggest study to date. Parents of a child with ADHD were nearly twice as likely to have divorced by the time that child turned eight. And a UK study found parents of ADHD kids carry a measurably heavier load on their own health and wellbeing than other parents. Which means it's very likely your clients are parenting an ADHD child, or being parented by an ADHD parent, or both.
ADHD doesn't arrive at 35. It was there at 5. The kid who couldn't sit still, or the kid who sat too still and got missed. The meltdown at the school gate. The homework war. The parent doing it all on an ADHD brain of their own, and being told they're not consistent enough.
Then it was my clients. The mum who came for her own focus and spent the session on her son's school. The dad diagnosed a month after his daughter. The parent who's read every book and still feels like a shit one. The parent who's struggling to know if they're doing too much or too little to support their ADHD child.
So, coach to coach: can you coach a parent about a child you'll never meet? What does ADHD actually look like at 6, at 10, at 15? How do you support the parent without diagnosing the kid? And when is it school, CAMHS or a paediatrician's job, not yours?
The process to support ourselves and our clients through this is complex, which is why this Deep Chat happens on every single coach training we do. And now you can join this one without being on the training.
What you'll walk away with:
A high level overview of ADHD and parenting, from someone living both sides of it
How ADHD actually shows up in children, and how it's different at 6, 10 and 15
What parents really need from a coach, and what they don't
The questions to ask a parent, and the strategies you can share
Where a coach fits alongside school, CAMHS and the GP, and when to signpost
Whether parents and families is the niche you want to go deeper into
And there ain't no one better for the job than award winning ADHD parent coach, founder of Positively Parenting, ADHD UK ambassador, and author of the new book You're Not a Shit Parent, You Have ADHD, Lauren O'Carroll. An ADHD mum raising two neurodivergent daughters, with twenty years in advocacy, learning disability, mental health and the NHS behind her. A woman who KNOWS, like really knows, what it's like on both sides of that school gate. And on top of all that, she's authentic, passionate and refuses to let a parent feel like a failure.
🧡 Untangling ADHD & Parenting as an ADHD Coach, with Lauren O'Carroll
And the research backs it up. ADHD is one of the most heritable conditions there is, around 74% by the biggest study to date. Parents of a child with ADHD were nearly twice as likely to have divorced by the time that child turned eight. And a UK study found parents of ADHD kids carry a measurably heavier load on their own health and wellbeing than other parents. Which means it's very likely your clients are parenting an ADHD child, or being parented by an ADHD parent, or both.
ADHD doesn't arrive at 35. It was there at 5. The kid who couldn't sit still, or the kid who sat too still and got missed. The meltdown at the school gate. The homework war. The parent doing it all on an ADHD brain of their own, and being told they're not consistent enough.
Then it was my clients. The mum who came for her own focus and spent the session on her son's school. The dad diagnosed a month after his daughter. The parent who's read every book and still feels like a shit one. The parent who's struggling to know if they're doing too much or too little to support their ADHD child.
So, coach to coach: can you coach a parent about a child you'll never meet? What does ADHD actually look like at 6, at 10, at 15? How do you support the parent without diagnosing the kid? And when is it school, CAMHS or a paediatrician's job, not yours?
The process to support ourselves and our clients through this is complex, which is why this Deep Chat happens on every single coach training we do. And now you can join this one without being on the training.
What you'll walk away with:
A high level overview of ADHD and parenting, from someone living both sides of it
How ADHD actually shows up in children, and how it's different at 6, 10 and 15
What parents really need from a coach, and what they don't
The questions to ask a parent, and the strategies you can share
Where a coach fits alongside school, CAMHS and the GP, and when to signpost
Whether parents and families is the niche you want to go deeper into
And there ain't no one better for the job than award winning ADHD parent coach, founder of Positively Parenting, ADHD UK ambassador, and author of the new book You're Not a Shit Parent, You Have ADHD, Lauren O'Carroll. An ADHD mum raising two neurodivergent daughters, with twenty years in advocacy, learning disability, mental health and the NHS behind her. A woman who KNOWS, like really knows, what it's like on both sides of that school gate. And on top of all that, she's authentic, passionate and refuses to let a parent feel like a failure.
🧡 Untangling ADHD & Parenting as an ADHD Coach, with Lauren O'Carroll