Helping Your Young Daughter with ADHD Thrive, Part 1: Your Top 10 Guidelines for Parenting Preteen Girls with ADHD

Helping Your Young Daughter with ADHD Thrive, Part 1: Your Top 10 Guidelines for Parenting Preteen Girls with ADHDStephen P. HinshawStephen P. HinshawPublished Online:September 2025https://doi.org/10.1521/adhdhub.2025.3.4.1PDF ShareShare onFacebookXLinkedInRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations AboutFurther ReadingBlachman D. R., , & Hinshaw S. P. (2002). Patterns of friendship in girls with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, SO, 625640. [Research article from BGALS investigation revealing that it's harder for girls with ADHD to make friends or have nonconflictual relationships with friends than it is for typical girls.] Google ScholarCampbell S. B. (2007). Behavior problems in preschool children: Clinical and developmental issues (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press. [Book-length compendium of real wisdom about how to assess and treat behavior problems, including ADHD, in young children.] Google ScholarCardoos S., , & Hinshaw S. P. (2011). Friendship as protection from peer victimization for girls with and without ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, S9, 1035–1045. [Research article from BGALS investigation revealing that at least one good-quality friendship can help girls with ADHD from being victimized by peers.] Google ScholarCaye A., , Petresco S., , de Barros A. J. D., , Bressan R. A., , Gadelha A., , Goncalves H., , … Rohde L. A. (2020). Relative age and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Data from three epidemiological cohorts and a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59, 990–997. [Research article and review revealing that being young at kindergarten placement is in fact associated with subsequent risk for diagnosis of ADHD, not always due to misdiagnosis.] Google ScholarDadds M. R., , & Tully L. A. (2019). What is it to discipline a child: What should it be?: A reanalysis of time-out from the perspective of child mental health, attachment, and trauma. American Psychologist, 74, 794–808. [Provocative and important review article revealing that time-out procedures actually enhance attachment, when performed optimally.] Google ScholarGordon C. T., , & Hinshaw S. P. (2017). Parenting stress as a mediator between childhood ADHD and early adult female outcomes. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 588–599. [Research article from BGALS investigation on the importance of parenting stress in predicting negative outcomes in girls with ADHD.] Google ScholarHartup W. W. (1996). The company they keep: Friendships and their developmental significance. Child Development, 67, 1–13. [Classic article on the importance of good-quality friendships for development.] Google ScholarHinshaw S. P. (2002). Preadolescent girls with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: I. Background characteristics, comorbidity, cognitive and social functioning, and parenting practices. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 1086–1098. [Research article documenting the many areas of impairment experienced by girls with ADHD during childhood.] Google ScholarMeza J. I., , Owens E. O., , & Hinshaw S. P. (2020). Childhood predictors and moderators of lifetime risk for self-harm in girls with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Development and Psychopathology, SS, 1351–1367. [Research article from BGALS investigation on the childhood risk factors for later impairments in girls with ADHD.] Google ScholarMikami A. Y. (2015). Social skills training for youth with ADHD. In Barkley R. A. (Ed.), Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A handbook for diagnosis and treatment (4th ed., pp. 569–595). New York: Guilford Press. [Important chapter on the ways in which social skills interventions for youth with ADHD can and do work effectively.] Google ScholarSmit S., , Mikami A. Y., , & Normand S. (2021). Effects of the Parental Friendship Coaching intervention on parental emotion socialization of children with ADHD. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 101–115. [Research article revealing that structured parental coaching intervention can have benefits on children with ADHD.] Google ScholarWilens T. E., , & Hammerness P. G. (2016). Straight talk about psychiatric medications for kids (4th ed.). New York: Guilford Press. [Authoritative book on medications for youth with mental and neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD.] Google Scholar Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 3Issue 4Sep 2025 Information© 2025 The Guilford PressPDF download