Summer Without Camp: A Plan for Your Child with ADHD (opens in new tab)

Unstructured summers cost children with ADHD more than their neurotypical peers. Sleep cycles drift, screen time balloons, social skills atrophy without daily peer contact, and academic gains erode faster — Brookings researchers report that students lose roughly one month of grade-equivalent learning over summer on average, with sharper declines in math and larger losses at higher grade levels. For your child, add the executive-function tax: every transition back into the school year requires...