Get Specialized Expert Parenting Guidance

Welcome to the blog at ImpactParents! If you've got a complex kiddo (age 4-44), you're in the right place! What makes a kid complex? Neurospicy kids struggle with life, learning, behavior and/or social skills. Maybe they have ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Autism, or learning difficulties. Or maybe they have other issues that challenge their Executive Function.  

And whatever is causing these amazing children, teens, and young adults to struggle, since 2011 we have been committed to helping their parents stay sane in the process of raising them. Even more, we help parents get the practical advice they need to feel more inspired and more empowered … so you can help your kids become the best they can be!
And yes, we help the professionals who support them, too!

That's because we parents of complex kids (yes, we're moms, too, right here with you!) need more than information to help our kids. 

We need help figuring out HOW to do what the experts tell us -- in a way that works for our families, not just in a textbook! We need community and support. We need accurate education (did you know that training for you is actually recommended treatment for your kids?). And we need some good old fashioned coaching to help us apply what we learn so we can do the best for our amazing kiddos.

And that's what makes this blog different from many others. Sure,  we have a team of hundreds of Guest Experts who provide you with cutting edge information about your child's challenges. We've got decades of experience. We've supported hundreds of thousands of parents worldwide, and trained thousands of professionals.

BUT what makes us really different is that at ImpactParents, we bring parenting expertise, evidence-based coaching skills, and an understanding of neurodiversity to everything we do. 

The Impact Model guides our community to take a collaborative, problem-solving, coach-approach when raising complicated and fascinating kiddos. Our blogs reinforce and demonstrate that Model -- so that you can foster independence, improve communication, and empower your kids to reach their full potential -- no matter what challenging behaviors you're dealing with! 

In a nutshell, we hope you'll keep reading, because we promise that this blog can help you:

  • Improve communication and have better conversations (and relationships) with your children and with each other;
  • Make more comprehensive, well-informed decisions for your family;
  • Understand your kiddo (at any age or stage) and learn strategies to foster their independence and personal success.

**If you like our posts and wish to reprint one, please contact us to let us know. You can include the following 'blurb' along with the article in its entirety: "This article originally appeared on ImpactParents.com and is reproduced with permission of ImpactParents."

Search the Blog:

Show All Focus Areas
  • Show All Focus Areas
  • Challenging Behaviors
  • Diagnosis & Treatment
  • Executive Function
  • Must Reads
  • Relationships
  • School Issues
  • The Parents' Experience

Teach Your Kids to Stop Asking Questions

Teach your kids to stop asking questions… Sounds crazy, right? I mean, we’re always telling our kids…

CONTINUED
Read Badge
Sitting Still

Sitting Still: Is it Sensory or ADHD?

Restless behaviors can be distracting and disruptive to family and classroom routines. There are many reasons a…

CONTINUED
Read Badge

How to Manage ADHD Effectively: 6 Fundamental Steps

ADHD Is Manageable! That’s the message of the new e-book by ImpactADHD, “ADHD in Reality: Practical Tips…

CONTINUED
Read Badge
Never Parent When you are Angry

Angry Parents: Handle Stressful Times with a Pause

Sometimes, everyday life is just much more stressful than you ever expect it to be. You end…

CONTINUED
Read Badge

5 Stages of the Special Needs Parent

When I co-edited Easy to Love but Hard to Raise: Real Parents, Challenging Kids, True Stories, with…

CONTINUED
Read Badge
adhd brain

What Does it Mean to “Treat” ADHD?

“Acceptance is not submission. It is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation, and then deciding what…

CONTINUED
Read Badge

Taming Your Inner Control Freak!

When life gets crazy in ADHD families, the natural tendency for some of us is to jump…

CONTINUED
Read Badge
Diagnosing ADHD

Diagnosing ADHD: An Integrative Pediatricians’ View

“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” Sir Dr. William Osler (one of…

CONTINUED
Read Badge
Self-Compassion

Choosing Self-Compassion Over Self-Esteem

Is Self-Compassion More Important Than Self-Esteem? An article I read suggested that it is. Growing up, I…

CONTINUED
Read Badge