MOMS & DADS TALK: ADHD

Moms & Dads Talk

With more and more children being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, parents are discovering they have it too. Often the disorder goes unnoticed in those who have physical or labor-intensive jobs. Children who are confined to classroom settings for extended periods, however, show symptoms more easily.

Michel Martin of the National Public Radio program Tell Me More on Tuesday discussed the subject in her story Tackling Motherhood...And ADHD

Journalist Brigid Schulte wrote a piece called More women have ADHD ... or is it the stress of modern life? for Washington Post Magazine that raises the question whether ADHD is really growing or if the hectic nature of American life has given rise to the over-diagnosis of the disorder.

The Moms & Dads Talk Question of this week is this:

How would you help your child maintain self-esteem if he or she was diagnosed with ADHD and required to take a maintenance medication?