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Essential Ideas for Parents

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Mental health & neurodiversityPsychology & human behavior

What it is

Dr. Russell Barkley's roughly three-hour lecture on ADHD for parents of affected children. It explains what ADHD is and how the ADHD brain differs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly called the best way to understand ADHD, and recommended to anyone before commenting on it.

  • 9 people recommended it
  • 13 different months
  • 9 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you want to have an informed opinion on ADHD, watch this video”

    Needed for an informed opinion on ADHD.

    nickysielicki, 2015-04 · Strong recommendation · in “ADHD: A Disease called childhood”

  2. “I watched this amazing 3 hour long video/info on ADHD”

    Amazing 3-hour video on ADHD that shifted commenter's view.

    anupshinde, 2015-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Entrepreneurial Tendencies Among People with ADHD”

  3. “I encourage everyone to watch this before they comment on ADHD”

    Helps understand what people with ADHD suffer through.

    brazzledazzle, 2015-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Coping with context-switching madness”

  4. “Dr. Barkley’s talk completely altered my understanding of the disorder.”

    Barkley's talk completely altered commenter's understanding and led to treatment.

    thrav, 2019-05 · Strong recommendation · in “How I Run a Company with ADHD”

  5. “Here's the best explanation I've ever seen of the subject”

    Best explanation of ADHD the commenter has seen.

    RickS, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than early birds”

  6. “I recommend watching the following video to see what the true problems encountered by those with ADHD are.”

    Shows true problems faced by those with ADHD.

    falcolas, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “There are too many shiny objects and it is killing me”

  7. “If you are interested in understanding the reality of ADHD I'd suggest watching some of the talks by Dr. Russel Barkely.”

    A more complete talk by Dr. Barkley on the reality of ADHD.

    joshuak, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “Overselling A.D.H.D.”

  8. “Lecture by Dr. Barkley. Essential Ideas for Parents”

    Barkley's lecture offered as a helpful resource.

    ts1543636885, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “When starting school, younger children are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: adhd, russell barkley, parenting, executive function, neurodevelopment

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