Does My Child Have ADHD? The TODAY Show Covers Children with ADHD

Here’s a short video from NBC’s The Today Show titled Does my child have ADHD? Today show host Matt Lauer interviews Dr. Steve Kurtz, the clinical director of New York University’s Child Study Center, Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; and Clinical Director, Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders, and Beth Kaplanak is the parent of a child with ADHD via @ADHDBrevard

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Matt: and in terms of your interactions with your son what was that interaction like?

Beth: A roller coaster of emotions he was very on the go, constantly into things had trouble attending, he was distractible to every level on a scale of 1-10 I’d put him at about the 8-9 range of his hyperactivity and impulsive characterisics and inability to attend… the school issues started happening when he started going to school but he was also easily frustrated and had a low frustration tolerance and that low frustration tolerance was very frustrating as a parent

I don’t know Matt Lauer that well, but I like how Matt  stood up to 2 people who attempted to intimidate him. tom cruise aka – I know more about mental health conditions than doctors or psychiatrists despite having no medical degree  “you’re glib Matt”, and a photo of him and George Bush in the White House I saw with Bush trying to nearly push him over he was so close and Matt stood his ground, unlike many congressman and senators.

ADHD is the 2nd most genetically inherited condition after height, 80%

If you have a child with ADHD, what were some of the symptoms of ADHD that you noticed, perhaps in hindsight?

How would you explain those ADHD symptoms to other parents of children who don’t understand ADHD?