
390- Raising Socially Smart Tweens and Teens
ADHD Experts Podcast
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The Inflexibility Tipping Point
Social expectations increase in fifth grade. Many kids want to start becoming part of a same gender, pure group more. Their inflexibility get worse around age 14 to 15. Another thing that we tend to see for a middle and high schoolers is ther start retreating into an online world of video games and social media. Have you ever met an adult who says offensive or hurtful things s, yet seems oblivious about it? I've had many of those parents in my office before. They might struggle to understand how they come across t others. Well, i can tell you: Every week there are two kinds of negative comments on social media - one based on gender; the other based on extreme
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