ADHD and siblings: Tips from an expert

When siblings have different needs, what’s a parent to do?

In this episode of In It, hosts Gretchen Vierstra and Rachel Bozek talk with Dr. Ari Tuckman, a psychologist who works with families and couples. He shares tips for finding balance in parenting kids when one has a learning or thinking difference. And he talks about the importance of the idea that “fair doesn’t always mean equal.”

This is part two of a two-part series. In part one, we talked to Becca, a mom of two raising one child with ADHD and one without.

To find a transcript for this episode and more resources, visit the episode page at Understood.

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Related resources

• A kid with ADHD. A kid without. One mom’s story (Part 1 of this two-part series)
• 6 tips for helping kids understand siblings who learn and think differently
• How to deal with sibling rivalry when one child learns and thinks differently
• ADHD runs in the family (Michelle’s story)

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