Kids With ADHD Can't Manipulate Their Parents

Kids with ADHD become highly skilled at an emotional manipulation of their parents. When kids are feeling anxious or uncomfortable, that often produces a response that is not really who they are. You know, I hear almost on a weekly basis of kids with ADHD who do things at home, like, you know, take knives out and point knives at themselves. And again, that doesn't help kids learn how to persevere through temporary discomfort.