# Ep 26: Parenting ADHD Through the Lens of Ship Salvage

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Podcast: [Journey of the Art](https://stenobird.com/podcast/journey-of-the-art-7113065)
Published: 2025-06-18T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-art/episodes/Ep-26-Parenting-ADHD-Through-the-Lens-of-Ship-Salvage-e34de2q
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What do ADHD and ship salvage have in common? In this episode of the Journey of the Art podcast, Elizabeth Rynecki and I discuss her six-part podcast series, That Sinking Feeling, exploring the similarities between her father’s job in ship salvage and her son’s ADHD struggles. When Elizabeth completed her non-fiction memoir and began looking for her next project, an unlikely convergence of ideas occurred to her. Sorting through her father’s work in ship salvage, she began to see a connection between the explosive nature of ship salvage and her son’s explosive reactions due to his ADHD diagnosis. We talk about inadequate school support for children with ADHD, the choice of ADHD medication, the shame and fears associated with parenting children with ADHD, and some of the considerations involved in producing this series. Elizabeth is the author of the narrative non-fiction memoir, Chasing Portraits: A Great Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy for which she received a Kirkus Starred Review. She wrote, produced, and appeared in the documentary film, Chasing Portraits. She’s been featured in the New York Times, been a guest on NPR affiliate stations, and been a speaker at bookstores, libraries, book festivals, and film screenings around the world. Are you a parent of a child with ADHD? Have you been diagnosed with ADHD? Let me know your thoughts on this episode and what resonated with you. Show highlights 00:00 – Introduction 2:08 – The rejection that became the podcast 10:20 – The odd project: ship salvage and ADHD 14:35 - Frustrations with the school system 19:12 - Support for parents who can’t rely on the school 22:29 – The choice of ADHD medication 26:17 – Processing the shame of parenting children with ADHD 30:00 – Navigating the fear of the school-to-prison p…

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