ADD in North America is a condition that is diagnosed by Professional child Psychologists. If you want to know if your child is affected, ask your physician to refer you to the specialist.

My 4 yr. old daughter has ADD. Most specialist I have spoken with have told me that the parents are usually the first to know if their child has ADD. So if you feel that your son has ADD he probably does. It is always good to see your childs doctor or a pyscologist because in most cases ADD is accompanied with a seperate learning disorder. I knew my daughter had ADD because everytime I would talk to her she would not pay attention, she could not keep eye contact, and after I was done speaking and repeating myself several times she would have no idea what I said to her. She would misbehave and get time out, as soon as she got up she would be misbehaving again. She would misbehave with no regard to the consequences. When a child has ADD completing tasks are a lot harder than they should be.Their are a lot of great programs out there for children with ADD that you should ask your childs doctor about. I know how hard it can be, the best advise I can give you is to give your child a lot of love. I hope I have been of some help to you. I wish you the best of luck.

My guess is he doesn't. Just ask him to do something, if he doesn't then what do you do? Most 4 y/o's won't do what you ask of them immediately. Either they do not understand what you want them to do, or like all of us, don't want to do it now. They may not want to be reminded of what you tell them to do it now, they want to delay the action, so so called to be in control of their actions and do it in their own times, or perhaps they see no need to do what you want them to do. I would say, most ADD or ADHD if not all, should be called 'lack of parents' to say 'NOW', 'NO' or 'IMMEDIATELY' and repeat their wording a second time before the belt or cane comes out and using it. I bet that if parents of this so called dis-order, were to stand by the NO, NOW and IMMEDIATELY followed by the belt or cane, ADD and ADHD would disappear overnight. All parents, get tired by their young kids, by repeating over and over again the word; NO. Most parents give in, thus then the kid knows, crying, mis-behaving do whatever, they will win in the long run. If the parent gives two warnings, before the belt or cane hits them, they know where they stand. Instantly, ADD and ADHD is no more a medical problem.

I was dissapointed to hear Frank Peters response to a child with Add. His ignorance and way of punishing a child is why our prison population is so high! I feel very sad for his children.