The condition has a strong tendency to run in families and when a parent has ADHD, genes and the home environment likely conspire to put the child at high risk for the disorder. Yet relatively little is known about how the parent's condition affects the child's. Estimated to affect as many as 2 million American children, ADHD is marked by restlessness, hyperactivity and a constant inability to focus. Adults with the disorder have usually outgrown behavioural problems, but still find it difficult to focus their attention on the task at hand. This can be a problem when a child's ADHD treatment, be it drugs or behavioural therapy, depends on a parent's involvement, according to the researcher.
Many parents only know they have the disorder after it is diagnosed in their children.
Although the concept has yet to be studied, treating a parent's ADHD may aid the child's therapy. It has been discovered that if you treat the child, family life improves. It would be quite interesting to look at whether treating parents helps kids.