Parenting ADHD Across Ages: Home, School and Independence
Big feelings, big energy — a familiar sight in many ADHD households.
You're Not Alone With This
If you're exhausted from repeating yourself, dreading homework time, or feeling judged for how your child behaves in public — you are not failing as a parent. ADHD reflects real differences in how the brain manages attention, impulses and emotion, and those differences show up differently at every age.
This free session will help you understand exactly what's going on for your child right now, and give you practical, coaching-based strategies you can start using straight away — whatever age and stage they're at.
What You'll Learn
Why ADHD changes with age
Why the same underlying challenges can look completely different at 7, 14 and 18 — and what that means for how you parent.
Why home and school can look so different
The real reason your child 'holds it together' at school and falls apart at home (or the other way round).
Age-by-age strategies
Practical approaches for primary school, the shift into secondary, the teenage years, and leaving school for work or further education.
Why traditional discipline often backfires
What to do instead when your child seems to 'know better' but can't act on it in the moment — the difference between discipline and regulation.
The coaching approach to parenting ADHD
Moving from controlling behaviour to building skills, connection and independence, at every age.
How to protect your own energy
Understanding parental burnout, and why it's a sign of how hard you're working — not that you're doing it wrong.
Connection first, control second — that's the coaching approach in practice. Small moments like this build the trust that makes the bigger strategies work.
Join Us Live: Parenting ADHD Across Ages
Free live webinar - Friday 17 July 2026, 7:30pm. Sign up here to receive your joining link and a reminder before we go live.
Your host
Lauren Cowan
ADHD Advanced Nurse Practitioner, ADHD Direct
Lauren is an ADHD Advanced Nurse Practitioner at ADHD Direct with a background in NHS and community nursing. After noticing traits of ADHD in her own son, she has been passionate about ensuring neurodivergent children and their families get the support and understanding they deserve.
Who This Is For
Parents and carers of children or teenagers with ADHD (or suspected ADHD) who want practical, realistic strategies for home and school — not judgment, and not a one-size-fits-all approach. Whether your child is starting primary school, navigating the secondary years, or getting ready to leave school, you'll find something here you can use straight away.
Every age and stage — primary, secondary, and beyond. Whatever your child is facing right now, you'll leave with something practical to try.
What We'll Cover, Session by Session
- 1
ADHD basics — what's really going on in the brain, and why it's not about willpower.
- 2
Why ADHD presents differently at home vs. at school.
- 3
Primary school: common signs, and what helps at home and in the classroom.
- 4
The shift into secondary school and the teenage years.
- 5
Leaving school: building independence for work or further education.
- 6
Discipline vs. regulation — a more effective approach than traditional consequences.
- 7
Practical, age-specific tips you can use immediately — plus how to look after your own energy and avoid burnout.
- 8
Live Q&A — bring your own questions.
Join us live on Friday 17 July at 7:30pm
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