The Importance of Modeling how to Compromise and how to Cooperate for your Child with ADHD

I often talk about teaching children with ADHD to compromise and to cooperate with each other.


However, in consideration of the fact that children hear their parents talking about how not only the two political partied in the United States cannot agree, they are also hearing that people within both the Democratic and the Republican parties do not agree. Now, certainly all people do not have to agree on everything, but they certainly should be able to agree on some issues.

We all know that parents sometimes do agree on some issues. However, the problem occurs for our children when their parents do not agree on certain paramount issues, such as discipline. It is confusing for all children. It is especially detrimental for children with ADHD who are dependent on structure and consistency when their parents disagree on issues pertaining to morals, values and/or discipline.

When we are teaching our children to compromise and to cooperate it is essential that we model similar behavior so that our children behave in the same way. They look to us to set a standard for their behavior toward others. Children with ADHD will typically exhibit enough symptoms that they cannot control, so it is imperative that they have people to model positive social skills for them, such as how to compromise as well as how to cooperate.