Early Years ADHD by MindfulMama Collective

22/06/2026

What do you want the talk to be about?

21/06/2026

This is a decision that only you can make. But ask yourself, what do I know? Was it hard for me to understand? How much use of vocabulary does my child use now? If your child is limited to the vocabulary they use, they won’t be open to understanding all of what ADHD means to them. Children don’t know they are different unless they observe enough or are told. Children absolutely need to know more about how the feel and understand themselves as early as possible and then the more they know about themselves and increase their vocabulary the more they will understand what you want to explain about ADHD. If they are not ready to understand you may add stress instead of reducing it. #

20/06/2026

Children with ADHD can benefit from early intervention with emotional support. Research has shown that the more vocabulary a child has to describe their emotional state the more likely they are to regulate later in life. So instead of throwing things and shouting, children can communicate effectively to obtain the outcome they want. The more they understand themselves the more settled they will be. Quote Growth, for your free emotional identifying support sheet. This is what I use as the first step in a child emotional development journey. #

18/06/2026

18/06/2026

This is an explanation I have heard recently which I know that it wasn’t meant as it sounded as it came from a very knowledgeable source but it can sound worse than it is when not explained in context. Developmental delay can impact children with adhd completely different and this is why one school support system doesn’t work for every child. Even when structures, expectations and boundaries are in place the deficit that affects them the most, the conversations and rumination in their head will still be there when the lights go out and will continue to be there as they grow into adulthood and longer. This then becomes a fixed mindset which is harder to support.

17/06/2026

As one of the main reasons for supporting adhd parents is behaviour, emotional intelligence and selfawareness is left as a second thought. However, children that are unaware of how their brain works, thinks and feels, don’t have the skills it takes to help themselves when all support has gone. As behaviour is talked about the most, children may even hear the labels on which people call them which in time becomes part of their identity.

15/06/2026

Many parent classes are aimed at parents that don’t have adhd. How many times have you seen a parent class for children with adhd altered for adhd parents?
The support isn’t necessarily for taking in the information but for facilitating the actions. Many parents with adhd have many of the struggles that children have, focus, attention, emotional regulation and sensory processing. This makes it hard to adhere to plans to support their ADHD kids. Is this an excuse- absolutely not but how can it be effective if parents aren’t supported too.

14/06/2026

Children with adhd often don’t understand what feelings mean to them and therefore can’t navigate around what response to use in situations where they feel pressure. Supporting their understanding with knowledge of how to know themselves.

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

Young children with ADHD can benefit from early emotional support to help for future growth. Strategies and structures can always help but the internal struggle will always be there unless early years support for emotional regulation to enable afhd young children to know themselves for now and later #