Mary Anne Richey - Raising Boys With ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Successful, Happy Sons

Raising Boys
With ADHD

Secrets for Parenting Successful, Happy Sons

In this thoroughly updated second edition, Mary Anne Richey builds on the extensive resources, guidance, wisdom, and knowledge of science and experience included in the first edition to create a current, practical, readable, and useful guide for parents of boys with ADHD. This volume remains on my short list of books I recommend to parents of boys with ADHD.

Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., Editor, Journal of Attention Disorders, and coauthor of Tenacity in Children: Nurturing the Seven Instincts for Lifetime Success

Richey writes to parents of boys with ADHD as an experienced close friend or mentor, ready to roll up her sleeves and work toward solutions alongside the reader. She provides reassurance, facilitates acceptance, supports understanding, presents options and considerations, and outlines practical resources and action steps to manage your sons diagnosis of ADHD. This handbook covers all facets of a boys life, even those that may not have occurred to you previously, and is accessible to parents as well as to anyone advocating for a boy with ADHD. I will be strongly recommending this read to parents and my colleagues in education, medicine, and psychology as a source of knowledge, refreshment, and perspective on supporting boys with ADHD.

Rachel Salinger, Ph.D., Nationally Certified School Psychologist and HCPC Registered Educational Psychologist, United Kingdom

Saving parents from endless hours of online research, Mary Anne Richey provides parents of boys with ADHD a seminal reference guide that is intelligent and compassionate, foundational and actionable. This is a book you can read cover to cover, or use as a reference, and get exactly what you need every time you crack the spine.

Elaine Taylor-Klaus, CEO of Impact Parents and author of The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids With ADHD, Anxiety, and More

Second Edition

Secrets for Parenting Successful, Happy Sons

Mary AnneRichey

Second Edition

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Richey, Mary Anne, 1947- author.
Title: Raising boys with ADHD: secrets for parenting successful, happy
sons / Mary Anne Richey.
Description: 2nd edition. | Waco, TX: Prufrock Press Inc., [2021] |
Revised edition of: Raising boys with ADHD / by James W. Forgan and Mary
Anne Richey. c2012. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary:
"The second edition of the best-selling "Raising Boys With ADHD"
features the latest information on research and treatment for boys with
ADHD, empowering parents to help their sons with ADHD find success in
school and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020055656 (print) | LCCN 2020055657 (ebook) | ISBN
9781646321100 (paperback) | ISBN 9781646321117 (ebook) | ISBN
9781646321124 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
Attention-deficit-disordered children. | Child rearing. | Parent and
child.
Classification: LCC RJ506.H9 F667 2021 (print) | LCC RJ506.H9 (ebook) |
DDC 618.92/8589--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020055656
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020055657

First published in 2021 by Prufrock Press Inc.

Published in 2021 by Routledge
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ISBN: 9781646321100 (pbk)

DOI: 10.4324/9781003237464

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I dedicate this book to a number of special people in my life. First of all, my first son, Neal, who died at 2 years of age from neuroblastoma, heightened my understanding of just how incredibly precious each childs life is. That kindled my desire to help parents recognize that in their children so that they can help them lead their best lives. Secondly, I am so indebted to my children and their spousesKate, Kent, Bryan, and Jessicaand to my grandchildrenMatthew, Maxwell, Molly, Cole, Teddy, and Charlottefor all of the joy and love they have brought. Finally, but certainly not least, I thank my husband, Bill, for his love and excellent proofreading skills.

1. Chapter 1
   My Son Has ADHD: Now What?
2. Chapter 2
   Management and Treatment Options for ADHD
3. Chapter 3
   Infancy and Preschool
4. Chapter 4
   The Elementary Years
5. Chapter 5
   The Teenage Years
6. Chapter 6
   When More Support Is Needed
7. Chapter 7
   The Dynamic Action Plan

1. Chapter 1
   My Son Has ADHD: Now What?
2. Chapter 2
   Management and Treatment Options for ADHD
3. Chapter 3
   Infancy and Preschool
4. Chapter 4
   The Elementary Years
5. Chapter 5
   The Teenage Years
6. Chapter 6
   When More Support Is Needed
7. Chapter 7
   The Dynamic Action Plan

Projects like this require the work of many individuals. I would especially like to thank Katy McDowall, my editor at Routledge, for her guidance and assistance. I also greatly appreciate the medical expertise of pediatrician Dr. Tommy Schechtman, behavioral health specialist Dr. Raquel Anderson, and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrists Dr. Marshall Teitlebaum and Dr. Michelle Chaney in providing in-depth information about treatment.

From my personal and professional experience, it seems that behind every successful boy with ADHD is a very tired parent. I bet you can relate to that! Raising a boy with ADHD can be exhausting and seem overwhelming at times, but the purpose of this second edition is to provide you the latest information about ADHD and, like the first edition, to inspire you to be fully invested in the challenge and offer support and proven strategies to help along the way You wouldnt be reading this book if you didnt care deeply about your son. You are poised to be one of the most influential people in guiding him toward success in life. Of course, there is no one path to happiness and success, and it will be a journey influenced by parents, siblings, relatives, caregivers, teachers, and others. Ive been down a similar path in my personal life, and I am honored to continue to work with parents and teachers of boys with ADHD in my professional life. I firmly believe that these boys often have so much untapped potential.

In this book, I encourage you to be both optimistic and realistic about your sons future by learning what you can do to make the most of his strengths and help him improve in areas that might keep him from using those strengths. There is an explosion of knowledge about ADHD. I want to present some of the most relevant research in parent-friendly terms so that you can be well-informed and intentional in your parenting.