14. ADHD Stress and Emotional Regulation: What Your Kids Noticed That You Didn't.

You did the envelope early. You had the cash inside. You booked the babysitter. You had three adults on deck for one soccer game. And by the time you got to the car park, you were at 3% battery, panting, holding someone else's dog, and your son had his shirt over his head pretending to be a turtle.

You'd done everything right. And it still looked like you hadn't done anything at all.

What We Cover

• The pride that hits when you do something early — and what happens the second you let yourself relax because of it
• What your eight-year-old is actually asking when he says 'why are you always so stressed out' — and why the real answer isn't one you can give him in a car park
• The thing that runs quietly in the background for neurotypical brains that yours is doing by hand, every day, and why no one can see the cost
• Why 'me too, I lost my keys once' will never land the way they think it does — and what makes theirs a story and yours a Saturday
• What happens when two ADHD parents are both losing things in the same house on the same morning — and neither of them knows the other one has
• Why the woman who filled out the form a week early is the same woman who wrote the wrong email address — and which one people remember

Free Resources

• Household Family Meeting Template — https://adhdmums.com.au/product/adhd-household-family-meeting-template/
• Energy Accounting Guide — https://adhdmums.com.au/product/adhd-mums-energy-accounting-guide/

Paid Resources

• Navigating School Pick-Up & Social Settings — https://adhdmums.com.au/product/surviving-school-pick-up/

Related Episodes

• S3: I'm Not Lazy — My House Just Doesn't Have a Memory — https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-49-quick-reset-im-not-lazy-my-house-just-doesnt-have-a-memory//
• S2: Executive Function Challenges in ADHD (with Claire Britton) — https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-31-executive-function-challenges-in-adhd-strategies-for-success-with-claire-britton/
• S3: The Advanced ADHD + Neurodivergence Myths Busted — https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-4-the-advanced-adhd-neurodivergence-myths-busted/

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