negative attention if they can’t get positive attention. And they are happy negative attention if it’s coming from their dads, in particular.
If your son has difficulty being flexible, he is going to get into more power struggles with you because his brain can’t figure out when being flexible may help him get what he wants.
You can’t teach flexibility when a child with ADHD is escalated. Trying to reason or argue with him is not going to help. Also, when a child with ADHD has trouble with perspective taking, they are more likely to get into power struggles because they can’t see your point of view.
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