I’ve been a pediatrician for 30 years. In that time, I’ve seen countless patients with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). I’ve also seen countless parents walk into my office, exhausted and looking for answers on how to raise their son or daughter with ADHD.

ADHD causes attention or hyperactivity issues in kids, and is often over-diagnosed and misunderstood

ADHD is essentially a wiring problem in the brain that causes attention or hyperactivity issues or both. It is often over-diagnosed and misunderstood. Even when it’s not, and a child is correctly diagnosed with ADHD, parents are left with more questions than answers as far as how to raise that child successfully, without completely losing their minds.

This episode of my Parenting Great Kids podcast was inspired by a letter I received from a parent in the middle of this struggle and is dedicated to all parents of children with ADHD. I want to give you hope, and I want to give you real answers.

Something I try to explain to parents is that the brain of a child with ADHD is like a Porsche engine stuck inside a Volkswagen bug. His body is going at one pace but internally he has a motor that’s…