As someone who walks with neurodivergent families every day, I feel the weight of what it means to live with ADHD, not just in moments of creativity or hyperfocus, but in the tricky, exhausting, everyday moments when logic and calm dissolve, and overwhelm rushes in. One of those moments? After school: when the world transitions from structured to unstructured, from academic to relational, and everything feels too much.

What many parents don’t realise is just how much their own emotional state influences their child’s ability to calm themselves. This is where co-regulation comes in.