Preschool Children and ADHD

What does a parent do when their four-year-old child seems to be into everything, perpetually on-the-go, can’t sit still long enough to finish his snack or listen to a storybook, gets distracted easily, moves from one unfinished activity to the next, throws major tantrums when frustrated, interrupts conversations, snatches items impulsively from the hands of another, doesn’t slow down enough to follow directions and is restless and squirmy? Could this child have ADHD?

Diagnosing ADHD in a child this young is tricky. How do you distinguish between normal four-year-old behavior and ADHD?

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