All You Can Be with ADHD (For Kids!)

Oct 14, 2025

Celebrate the launch of a children's book focused on embracing ADHD with pride! Discover how to view unique brain traits as strengths rather than shortcomings. Hear inspiring stories from kids and explore the importance of motivation related to interests. Kim and Penn tackle the challenges of losing interest in hobbies and offer strategies to build motivation based on goals. Plus, enjoy laughter and relatability with anecdotes about everyday ADHD moments. Join a lively discussion designed to boost confidence and creativity!

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Book Opening Invites Kids In

Kim and Penn read the book opening: kids join an ADHD clubhouse with silly riddles and secret powers.
The passage frames ADHD as both challenging and full of strengths to make kids feel proud.

ANECDOTE

Gordon's Robot Pitch Steals The Show

Ten-year-old Gordon calls in describing invented robots, campfire stories, and jokes with contagious enthusiasm.
Kim and Penn celebrate his creativity and urge him to stay in touch as he develops inventions.

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What Drives ADHD Motivation

Penn explains the interest-based nervous system: ADHD thrives when activities are challenging, novel, and personally interesting.
Matching work to those three needs explains why some jobs and hobbies stick better for ADHD brains.

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It’s here! We’re celebrating the release of our very first children’s book, All You Can Be with ADHD, with an episode families can enjoy together! When we set out to write All You Can Be with ADHD, our goal was simple: To help kids feel proud of how their brains work. We wanted them to see their energy, focus, imagination, and even their distractions as strengths — not shortcomings. Sure, ADHD can bring challenges but it’s got some pretty cool stuff too!

In this episode, we read a few pages from the book and share some amazing messages from ADHD kids, like 10-year-old Gordon (who may be my most favorite Laugh Line caller yet). We also talk about how to handle hobbies that fizzle out, what it means to find your own motivation, and how every superpower needs a little practice. I even share my “Three Piece Nuggets” on what I hope every kid takes away from the book. (If you're a kid with ADHD, know that Kim and I are rooting for you, and we cannot wait to hear all the great things you accomplish!)

So grab your kids and join us for a journey into the ADHD brain—full of creativity, curiosity, and possibilities! We love to hear from you, leave us a message at 323-364-3929 or write the show at podcast@theholdernessfamily.com. You can also watch our podcast on YouTube.

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Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness is an evolution of The Holderness Family Podcast, which began in 2018. Kim and Penn Holderness are award-winning online content creators known for their original music, song parodies, comedy sketches, and weekly podcasts. Their videos have resulted in over two billion views and over nine million followers since 2013. Penn and Kim are also authors of the New York Times Bestselling Book, ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD and winners on The Amazing Race (Season 33) on CBS.

Laugh Lines is hosted and executive produced by Kim Holderness and Penn Holderness, with original music by Penn Holderness. Laugh Lines is also written and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, and edited and produced by Sam Allen. It is hosted by Acast. Thanks for listening!

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