🌟 Parents Under Pressure: Strengthening Your Mental Health & Well-Being as a Caregiver
🌟 Parents Under Pressure: Strengthening Your Mental Health & Well-Being as a Caregiver
Presenter: Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP
🗓 Tuesday, March 10th
⏰ 6:30 PM CST
💻 Option 1: Online via Zoom
🗺️ Option 2: Join Us at The J - 5801 W 115th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211
💸 FREE for all Parents and other Caregivers
This March, ADHDKC is thrilled to meet not only online, but also at the Jewish Community Center — “The J” — for a very special Parent Group event!
Join us in person at The J or attend online — whatever fits your needs best.
💛 Why This Talk Matters
Parenting is rewarding, meaningful, and full of moments that make your heart swell. It’s also… a lot. Parents report more stress than other adults. Not just a little more stress. Nearly half describe most days as completely overwhelming. The constant juggling of work, schedules, behaviors, school demands, emotional support, and social pressures takes an enormous toll.
If you’re parenting a child with ADHD or other neurodevelopmental differences, that stress often doubles. Emotional intensity, executive functioning challenges, safety worries, school frustrations, and social struggles can leave caregivers depleted.
This talk is designed to help you understand:
How chronic stress affects both your mind and body
Why parents today are under more pressure than ever
Practical, realistic strategies to support your own mental health
How sleep, routines, social connection, nutrition, mindfulness, and boundary-setting can reduce daily stress
What one small change you can make this week to improve your own well-being
You spend so much time caring for your child. This hour is about caring for you.
About the speaker
Dr. Kristen Stuppy is a Kansas City pediatrician passionate about helping kids and parents understand and manage ADHD. As one of ADHDKC’s long-term board members, she has served in many roles, including our ADHDKCTeen moderator and occasional speaker for our Parent Group.
In her clinical work she prescribes medication for ADHD when needed, but she also knows that many families face real barriers to accessing therapy or coaching that can help kids learn the skills they need to thrive. By volunteering with ADHDKC, she helps to create an accessible way for families to learn practical tools, build lifelong skills, and feel supported along the way.
🧑🤝🧑 Why You’ll Want to Join Us In Person
While the talk is available online, the in-person experience offers:
Space to breathe
Time to connect with other parents who “get it”
A supportive, judgment-free group
A chance to pick up simple tools that truly help
We hope you’ll join us at The J — this community time is powerful, but we’ll be online for those who want to join from home. Use the same form to hold a spot for either option.
Looking for more?
Visit our main Event Page to see all that ADHDKC is planning for the next few months and get access to the CHADD National Event Calendar.