The key is to match your child to the daycare center. If they're comfortable with the problem and think they can accommodate it, it should be all right. Most of the children I see labeled as ADHD would be fine in daycare. But you need to make sure there is lots of communication between you and the daycare providers, make sure the daycare center's provider to child ratio is low, and that they're trained in early childhood development. Finally, ADHD is diagnosed in children age five and older.
ADD is a mistake for behavior that is perfectly normal.
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