Other kids do not like them and I can see why

What to do right now

You can see why the other children pull away. Your child is too loud, too physical, too intense, too controlling. Watching your child be rejected is one of the most painful parts of ADHD parenting. They are not bad. They are running social software at a different speed. The social skills they lack can be taught. But the teaching happens outside the social moment, not inside it. Role-play at home. Practice specific scenarios.

What your brain just did

Your body

Watching your child be rejected is one of the most painful parts of ADHD parenting. You can see what other children see and it breaks your heart.

Your brain

ADHD social processing runs at a different speed. Your child is louder, faster, more intense, more physical than the social norm. The rejection is real and the pattern recognition is painful.

What this did

Social skills are teachable. But the teaching happens outside the social moment, not inside it. Role-play at home. Practice specific scenarios. Find the children who match their energy.