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Children with ADHD often prefer being labeled as lazy or mischievous rather than facing the harmful stress associated with being tagged as 'stupid.'

For those with ADHD, there's a developmental gap in different systems. The intellectual age is about a third greater than the chronological age (a 10-year-old with insights of a 13-year-old), and the emotional age is a third lower (a 10-year-old behaving like a 7-year-old). This gap is the root of frustration for parents and teachers.