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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH and I are equally hands on with the kids and many household tasks. But we try to be aware of our own strengths and weaknesses and divide things accordingly; for example, I’m good at details and remembering things, he’s good at managing larger projects, interacting with people, and physical tasks.

[b]But man oh man does he struggle to do any simple housework WHILE tending to a kid. [/b]If our oldest (elementary age) kid is doing something independently he’s fine, but we also have a preschooler and a toddler, and he cannot take care of them AND make breakfast or fold laundry without everyone in tears. To be clear he doesn’t refuse to do it, he does it, but inevitably he’s in a terrible mood afterward, the kids are grumpy, and the area where he was is a MESS that later has to be cleaned up when the kids are elsewhere.

I am sympathetic to his adhd, which he otherwise manages well, and was thinking about the other thread about parenting with adhd.

Any suggestions about what can be done to help him? Or should we just say this is something he’s bad at, and he has to either be doing housework or taking care of the little kids but not both at once?[/quote]

I can't do this either and I don't have ADHD. What does "taking care" of the kids while doing housework mean to you? If it means plopping them in front of a screen while cooking breakfast, I can do that. But if it means actively engaging them while cooking, someone, or something, is getting burnt.[/quote]

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