Parent staying calm with a child with ADHD at the kitchen bench during a predictable afternoon flashpoint

You could set a clock by it. 

7.15am, right when the shoes need to go on. 3.15pm, within minutes of the front door. 8.45pm, just as bedtime lands. The meltdown arrives at the same point in the day, most days, and it feels like it comes out of nowhere every single time.

Here is the thing most parents miss. It doesn't come out of nowhere. It runs to a timetable.

That predictability feels like the worst part. It's actually the most useful thing you have. A problem that shows up at the same ...