Screen Addiction and ADHD Teens: What Parents Need to Know

Screens aren’t just distracting your teen with ADHD — they’re chemically hijacking the ADHD brain.

In this episode, I explain why screens are so addictive for ADHD teens and share three science-backed strategies that help reduce screen battles, emotional outbursts, and power struggles — without constant punishment or conflict.

If screens are the number-one trigger for meltdowns in your home, this episode will help you understand what’s really happening neurologically and how to respond in a way that builds cooperation instead of resistance.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why ADHD brains are more vulnerable to screen addiction and cheap dopamine

• Why taking screens away often backfires and escalates meltdowns

• How dopamine depletion drives doom scrolling and emotional explosions

• The power of competing interests to naturally demote screens

• Why social connection matters more than screen limits alone

• How to involve your teen so they accept boundaries instead of fighting them

• Why teens don’t actually love social media as much as we think

• How to teach healthy screen habits without shaming or control

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