If your daughter is “fine at school” but falling apart at home - the meltdowns, the morning battles, the homework explosions, the constant need for you to narrate every step - this episode may be the missing piece you’ve been searching for. Because none of this is about attitude, defiance or bad parenting. It may be ADHD, and in girls it looks nothing like the stereotype.
In this episode, I walk you through three signs of ADHD in girls that are missed for years sometimes decades. You’ll learn why your daughter’s bucket fills faster than anyone realises, why she can hold it together all day only to unravel the moment she feels safe, why she can’t sequence tasks her peers manage easily, and why her emotional reactions seem so out of proportion to the trigger.
I’ll show you how masking works, why teachers often see a completely different child, and why girls are diagnosed three to four years later than boys… if they’re diagnosed at all.
And most importantly, I’ll give you the language and the framework to recognise these signs in your daughter and know exactly what to do next.
If you’ve been quietly wondering whether something deeper is going on, if anxiety treatment hasn’t shifted the core problem, if the worry keeps coming back, if the restlessness never quite makes sense, this episode will help you see your daughter clearly, compassionately, and accurately.
You know your child. If something has felt “off” for a long time, trust that. And let this episode be your starting point.
Highlights from this episode:
02:14 - The stuff nobody else sees
04:48 - This is why your daughter is not diagnosed
07:11 - Executive dysfunction
10:07 - It’s not bad behaviour
12:09 - Why do girls get missed?
14:20 - Treatment is more than medication
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