June 23, 2026 by Harold Robert Meyer Harold Robert Meyer — The ADD Resource Center · https://www.addrc.org/Reviewed: June 23, 2026 · Published: June 23, 2026 Independence and stubbornness arrive on separate clocks—and with ADHD, both run on a timeline that surprises most parents. You’re waiting for the day your child stops clinging and starts deciding … Read more
Unstructured summers cost children with ADHD more than their neurotypical peers. Sleep cycles drift, screen time balloons, social skills atrophy without daily peer contact, and academic gains erode faster — Brookings researchers report that students lose roughly one month of grade-equivalent learning over summer on average, with sharper declines in math and larger losses at higher grade levels. For your child, add the executive-function tax: every transition back into the school year requires rebuilding routines that were dismantled in June. The cost of a chaotic summer arrives in September.