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I hate when I hear a parent that does not have a child with ADHD or a uneducated person say ADHD is not real it's just a badly behaved child that needs discipline it is very much real I have 4 children 1 has ADHD and there is a clear difference in behavior

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Aniusia

Amen!

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Yazzie123

That drives me crazy. And what that does is make suffering parents shut down.

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Mmagusin

We adopted our son as an infant. His birth mom and half sister both have ADHD. He has it. When people give ignorant advice, I ask them to introduce me to a family where their advice to manage ADHD children works.

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Yazzie123 in reply to Mmagusin

I like that!

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BercotP

It’s also very frustrating when it’s a close family member that always says “he’s fine, he doesn’t needs meds” 😳 ugh........

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