Most hospitals become busy in March as the new school year begins.
Mothers who had been putting off treatment day after day while suspecting, 'Could my child have ADHD?' came to us holding their children's hands, feeling that they could no longer avoid it.
If a child wanders around during class or repeatedly engages in unwelcome behavior among their peers, they are labeled as a "noisy child," a "frequently reprimanded child," a "distracted and aggressive child," or a "child that no one wants to play with."
The problem is that once this image becomes fixed, whenever a similar situation arises, it is easy to be looked at with suspicion and criticism, asking, "Is that kid again?"
For this reason, if you suspect your child has ADHD, I urge you to get tested at a specialized institution before the child enters elementary school.
---From "I'm curious about the tests for diagnosing ADHD"

Whenever I hear that a father opposes his child's treatment or criticizes his mother, I always ask him to come to the hospital with him at least once.
Sometimes some mothers say, “My husband is really stubborn.
He was scared, saying, “I might fight with the teacher when I come here,” but I said, “It’s okay.
I tell him, “You still have to bring him.”
Because mom and dad must become 'one team' to overcome this difficult journey.
For this to happen, both parents need to have the same level of understanding of ADHD.

---From "When parents are 'one team', the prognosis is better"

Suwan's mother thought that her child was not able to listen to what she was saying because he had a poor concentration.
However, after talking to his mother and getting to know Suwan, I guessed that he had ADHD with a rather prominent language problem.
What does laundry have to do with language problems? There are three key aspects of language development that you should carefully consider when your child reaches 49 to 54 months of age.
First, the ability to remember what you've heard; second, the ability to understand complex sentences with double subjects and predicates; and finally, the ability to understand tense. Children with ADHD and language problems often have somewhat underdeveloped abilities in these three areas.
---From "I'm exhausted from wrestling with a child who doesn't understand what I'm saying"

Finally, parental nagging needs to be structured, if only to give what they say authority and meaning.
The ideal form is to end with 'Simple', 'Asking again', and 'Open ending'.
As I mentioned, children with ADHD have attention deficit problems, so it's better to keep it short and to the point.
When I give advice like this, people often say things like, “Stop playing games,” “Stay still,” or “Don’t interrupt.”
But in such commands, there is only the person giving the order and no one listening.
Nowhere in these words is there a child who is the listener.

---From “Three Essential Things to Have in Verbal Discipline”

Hyunyoung's mother said that her child was slow in everything except studying, but slow here does not mean that the speed itself is slow.
The child lacks an 'action calculator' that estimates the time required to complete a given task and then steps in to execute it.
You can tell just by looking at the process of Hyunyoung preparing to go to the academy.
By the time they reach second grade in elementary school, they have a concept of time, such as, "What day of the week is it, and what time do I go to the academy?"
But quiet ADHD kids like Hyunyoung don't have this standard.
So, the situation keeps repeating where I forget what day I go to school and what I need to bring, and my mom has to keep reminding me.
So, how should we teach children like Hyunyoung the concept of time?
---From "Equipping the 'Concept of Time' Essential for Studying"

When children are in the lower grades of elementary school, they come home and tell us in detail about what happened at school, but by the third grade, they start to stop talking.
Just by asking these two questions, you can get a good idea of ​​your child's school life and friendships.
“Who do you eat lunch with?”
“When you go out to the playground during gym class, who do you sit with in the stands?”
From the third grade of elementary school, friends become extremely important.
Friends have a great influence on school life as well.
However, children diagnosed with quiet ADHD, especially girls, often experience unexpected difficulties in their friendships.
At this age, some girls have already reached puberty, so even if they are only in the third or fourth grade of elementary school, if they cannot read the unique, subtle and sensitive atmosphere, they are easily bullied.
Hyejeong, who is a quiet ADHD sufferer, was also slow to notice her attention deficit disorder, which was the starting point.
---From "If you have a child with ADHD who is oblivious and has difficulty forming relationships"

Let's start with the habit of speaking in a jumbled manner. These children have a habit of saying "1, 3, 5, 7, 9" instead of "1, 2, 3, 4, 5."
For example, it is difficult to say the subject, object, and predicate in order, as in the sentence, “I went for a walk with my dog ​​at the park on the weekend.”
Because I can't organize my words, the flow of the content is not consistent and I speak sporadically.
You can also often see people who start a conversation with a puppy and then suddenly jump in a different direction that they think of.
If you ask, “What did you do this Chuseok?” you can answer, “I went to my grandmother’s house and flew a kite.”
That's right, where did that kite go?" is how it goes.

---From "Mom's Training to Fix the Habit of Speaking Incoherently"