One mom shares the top ten ADHD myths that she wishes people would stop saying and spreading around, and why they’re untrue.
We still have a very long way to go for people to understand what are ADHD myths and what are truths, and what the disorder does and doesn’t imply about a child and his or her parents. Here are the top 10 ignorant reactions I’m regularly confronted with during conversations about my child’s ADHD:
1) “Being distracted is normal. Who isn’t distracted these days?”
2) “He’s just being a kid. All kids act a little crazy sometimes.”
3) “He just needs to try harder.”
4) “The real problem is that he’s bored.”
5) “He must not be getting enough discipline at home.”
6) “Why wouldn’t you medicate him? You’d medicate him if he had diabetes, right?”
7) “Don’t medicate him! He’ll turn into a zombie!”
8) “He focuses fine when he wants to; he must not really have ADHD.”
9) “Don’t worry; he’ll grow out of it.”
10) “He just needs to learn to pay attention better.”
