Steven

So many of the guests that I speak to on this podcast, especially those that become incredibly successful, athletes, entrepreneurs, whoever, they often have some form of neglect in their past. Richard Williams, Serena and Venus Williams' father, he was very intense with them from a very young age, and he's raised two of the greatest tennis players in history.

Joe Jackson was strict and often controversial with Michael, who went on to become the king of pop. Earl Woods, who was Tiger Woods' father... was very intense in his coaching and mentoring style, which led him to become great.

Joe Jackson was strict and often controversial with Michael, who went on to become the king of pop. Earl Woods, who was Tiger Woods' father... was very intense in his coaching and mentoring style, which led him to become great.

And obviously, Beyonce is the other example I gave, who Matthew managed, Matthew, which is Matthew and Tina, who were parents to Beyonce, managed Destiny's Child and Beyonce's solo career, meticulously shaping them into a global superstar. So parents think, you know, I want to raise... kids that are superstars. I want my kids to be great.

And obviously, Beyonce is the other example I gave, who Matthew managed, Matthew, which is Matthew and Tina, who were parents to Beyonce, managed Destiny's Child and Beyonce's solo career, meticulously shaping them into a global superstar. So parents think, you know, I want to raise... kids that are superstars. I want my kids to be great.

Okay.

Okay.

ADHD.

ADHD.

I don't feel like I don't even have to ask a question here, but just to set the stage, the reason why I'm so compelled by this is just this, I have to say it, the shocking rise in diagnosis and prescriptions over the last... 10 years? Between 2000 and 2018, ADHD diagnoses in the UK rose approximately 20-fold.

I don't feel like I don't even have to ask a question here, but just to set the stage, the reason why I'm so compelled by this is just this, I have to say it, the shocking rise in diagnosis and prescriptions over the last... 10 years? Between 2000 and 2018, ADHD diagnoses in the UK rose approximately 20-fold.

Among boys aged 10 to 16, diagnosis increased from 1% roughly to about 3.5% in 2018. Yes. And in men aged 18 to 29, there was a nearly 50-fold increase in ADHD prescriptions during the same period. And the same applies to the United States, where an estimated 15.5 million adults in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD.

Among boys aged 10 to 16, diagnosis increased from 1% roughly to about 3.5% in 2018. Yes. And in men aged 18 to 29, there was a nearly 50-fold increase in ADHD prescriptions during the same period. And the same applies to the United States, where an estimated 15.5 million adults in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD.

Approximately one in nine US children have been diagnosed with ADHD at some point, with 10.5% having a current diagnosis. It... I don't know where ADHD was, but the conversation around it, the prescriptions, the diagnosis seemed to have really surged into culture in a really, really big way. What's going on?

Approximately one in nine US children have been diagnosed with ADHD at some point, with 10.5% having a current diagnosis. It... I don't know where ADHD was, but the conversation around it, the prescriptions, the diagnosis seemed to have really surged into culture in a really, really big way. What's going on?

That's when the sympathetic nervous system starts to kick into action.

That's when the sympathetic nervous system starts to kick into action.

ADHD children.

ADHD children.

Isn't that point of view, I've got two questions here. The first is, how do you know that it's stress? And the second is, if it is stress, then the problem, or at least the inconvenient truth that that then creates is that the parent is responsible.