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ADHD Parenting: How Do I Convince My Ex To Give Our Son ADHD Medication?

Monday, July 13th, 2009 A reader asks: My son’s father refuses to admit our son has ADHD. So he refuses to administer our son’s prescribed medication during visitation. I want my son to see his father but my son needs his meds. Please tell me what to do. Respect Effect Mom answers: Excuse the shuffling while I get on my soapbox. Often this refusal by fathers to medicate their children with ADHD (who need it) is S E V E R E  - D E N I A L. Here's what I assume is the conversation in these fathers’ heads. "If I refuse to medicate my son, then I am refusing to acknowledge that he has it. And therefore, I could not possibly have...