Merriam Saunders is a psychotherapist and specializes in ADHD as well as learning disabilities. She is also an author and she believes in the positive side of ADHD. She has a lot of advice on how to parent kids who have ADHD. There are ways to overcome learners that are defiant. Summer learning can be quite challenging for many kids out there. They can throw tantrums and that is usually an indicator of a more fundamental problem and unmet need.