
My Child Can Focus on Video Games or LEGO for Hours. How Can They Still Have ADHD?
ADHD does not mean a child can never focus. What matters is how attention and behaviour are regulated across different demands and settings.
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Clinician-written information about adult ADHD, executive function, emotional regulation, sleep, treatment, relationships and parenting.

ADHD does not mean a child can never focus. What matters is how attention and behaviour are regulated across different demands and settings.

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Use the clinician-reviewed pathway to clarify functional impact, diagnosis status and whether anxiety, burnout, sleep, mood, trauma or medical factors also need attention.