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How to handle when co-parents disagree about mental health treatment

My ex-husband says our son's ADHD is just bad parenting and refuses to give him medication on his weekends and I watch our kid suffer in this tug of war.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A child becomes a casualty in divorced parents' conflicting beliefs about mental health and treatment.

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“Where Are You with Parenting a child with mental health challenges?”

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