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What it looks like. At this age, ADHD often looks like the child who can't sit on the carpet, blurts out, bounces off the walls, or melts down over small things. Or the quiet one who drifts off and gets missed. It gets called naughty, immature or "a handful." It's usually none of those.
What it feels like. Inside, it's a brain with everything turned up at once and no off switch. Big feelings that arrive fast and hard. Knowing the rule but not being able to do it in the moment. Working twice as hard as everyone else, and still being told to try harder.
That gap, between how it looks and how it feels, is where so many little ones get missed.
What it looks like. At this age, ADHD often looks like the child who can't sit on the carpet, blurts out, bounces off the walls, or melts down over small things. Or the quiet one who drifts off and gets missed. It gets called naughty, immature or "a handful." It's usually none of those.
What it feels like. Inside, it's a brain with everything turned up at once and no off switch. Big feelings that arrive fast and hard. Knowing the rule but not being able to do it in the moment. Working twice as hard as everyone else, and still being told to try harder.
That gap, between how it looks and how it feels, is where so many little ones get missed.