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Why Your Child’s Messy Bedroom Is an Abstract Monster

www.additudemag.com "Clean Your Room" Doesn't Work for ADHD Kids. This Does.

"Clean your room" is an abstract and unhelpful command for kids with ADHD. Here's how I help my son understand what tidying a room really means.

I understood, at last, that ADHD can make things like tidying a messy room feel like you’re going up against an abstract monster. Our brains find it very hard to look at a shapeless, scary problem and break it down into manageable chunks.

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