Should You Medicate? 20 Natural Ways to Help ND & ADHD Kids #543
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 1:02.3 | Do you have a child who struggles with focus and attention? It's easily distracted, forgetful, |
| 1:07.6 | maybe struggles with executive function and short-term memory, has trouble sitting still, |
| 1:12.5 | fidgets a lot, is restless. Maybe you have a child who has impulse control issues and blurts out, |
| 1:18.1 | who doesn't follow directions well. Perhaps they're disorganized and time management is really |
| 1:23.2 | difficult. Many of your kids struggle with anxiety and sensory processing issues. Do you ever get |
| 1:28.9 | calls from school or even struggle with homeschooling your child? These are all really common |
| 1:34.0 | struggles our kids experience. Whether you want to call them neurodivergent or kids with |
| 1:38.8 | ADD, ADHD, doesn't matter to me. So should you medicate your child? If not, what are the alternatives? That is what |
| 1:47.5 | we're going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting podcast. So welcome. This is Kirk Martin |
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| 1:58.1 | couldn't tell, I probably have a lot of the traits associated with ADHD. |
| 2:03.3 | So let's jump right into this. Some of you have a teacher or school recommend that you medicate your |
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