Do It or Cue It: Now vs. Not Now, Part 2
Later is an unreliable place to store an intention. That's where Part 2 begins.
In Part 1, we talked about why a child with ADHD can know exactly what needs to get done and still not act on it until the deadline is right on top of them. This week is about what to do. Much of it rests on a principle from Dr. Russell Barkley that I come back to with families all the time: when something isn't happening reliably inside a child's head, move it outside their head.
From there we get practical. We talk about making time something a child can actually see, why a deadline a month away needs to become something smaller this week, and what to do when getting started is the hardest part. I also share a simple rule I teach my clients called "do it or cue it," and we talk about the one sentence parents can change that shifts the whole conversation with their kid.
None of this means lowering expectations. The work still has to get done. What changes is how we help a child get there, so the emergency at midnight isn't the only thing that gets their brain online.
If you missed Part 1, start there. It explains why these strategies work.
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