“I am so mad at my son,” said a mom at one of my ADHD self-help groups the other day. “He starts one hobby after another without ever staying with one for more than a few months. We have so much stuff in our house that he doesn’t use anymore – football helmets, inline skates, paint brushes, an easel and various instruments.

I moved back home to Germany in June 2023 together with my American husband C. and my two sons M. (5) and N. (2) after almost 25 years in the US. Because of the pandemic, N. had never been to Germany, and M. had only visited when he was a toddler. He didn’t remember much and was more than a little apprehensive about the move.

As a parent of a child with ADHD, one of your biggest challenges might be the question of how to motivate your child to get things done. It might start in the morning with an unwillingness to get dressed...