Anyone else ever disagree with your partner over a parenting issue? We don’t think it’s just us, and we’ve seen how these disagreements can cause friction in families. In this episode, we discuss a question from a mom wondering how to move forward when she and her husband see things differently about their daughter and ADHD. Jeffrey shares strategies he uses in the therapy office to get couples back to connection, and we talk about the pros and cons of diagnoses and labels for kids, as well as things to know when considering ADHD.Here’s the question:

“I am the mom of a soon-to-be 9-year-old and soon-to-be 11-year-old, and I was just diagnosed with ADHD. I didn’t realize that I had it, but it makes so much sense now that I’m running into it and know some of the signs. But now that I’ve done all this reading, I kind of see bits and pieces of it in my 11-year-old. And because this is so new to me and I’m researching things right now, I think maybe little things are a little more prevalent because I’m clicked into that right now. But I mentioned it to my husband and he was really disappointed in my jump to that. He thinks it’s because I’m focusing on myself. And I, on the other hand, just feel like I struggled so much and I didn’t need to had I know this was an issue that I had and could have gotten help for. So I’m not sure how to broach the subject with him in the future if things continue or I start spotting other signs that would make me want her to take her in to be evaluated. And I’m not sure how to bring it up with her. What would you do?”

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