A review by domskeac
The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with Adhd, Anxiety, and More: What Parents and Teachers Really Need to Know to Empower Complicated Kids wi by Elaine Taylor-Klaus

3.0

Short and sweet (finally a not-too-long parenting book!) I thought this was helpful for advocating against controlling *any* neurodivergent person, not just kids. Good, easy read. Inherently about teaming up with kids and deciding not to manipulate them to fit into the (made up, limited) structures of the world. Like all books written without an empirical evidence base, but one based on a family's experience, I'd like to know the (now adult) kid's perspective on how they think things went down.

Especially helpful ideas:
-naughty versus neurological
-“rock star behavior”
-consequences versus punishment
-asking versus telling

Edit: I just realized the audiobook is read by one of the adult children. That seems like a good kid-endorsement to me! Makes me like the book even more.