Understanding ADHD Medication:
Brain Glasses for Your Child
A Parent’s Complete Guide to Making Informed Medication Decisions
You’re lying awake at night, scrolling through forums, reading one parent say medication saved their family and the next say it ruined their child. The fear is real. The confusion is real. And the stakes couldn’t be higher.
This course exists because I believe you deserve better than Google opinions at midnight. You deserve clear, honest answers from someone who’s spent twenty-five years doing this — in plain English, without jargon, and without judgement.
“I just don’t know enough to decide.”
A mother said this to me after three months of agonising over whether to start medication — three months of her child struggling at school, losing friends, and coming home defeated every afternoon. That sentence changed how I think about my job. If information is the barrier, then information is the solution.
— Dr John Flett
What This Course Covers
Seven short videos. One topic per week. Each one answers a question I hear every day in my consulting room — honestly, clearly, and without the jargon.
The Question That Keeps You Up at Night
Why midnight Google searches make the decision harder, not easier. What actually helps parents make confident medication decisions — and why understanding matters more than opinions.
FoundationBrain Glasses: What Medication Actually Does
The “brain glasses” analogy that changes how families think about medication. How ADHD medication helps your child’s brain use the intelligence it’s always had — without changing who they are.
The ScienceWhat Medication Doesn’t Do
Why 80% of children with ADHD have at least one additional condition — and why medication can’t treat what it wasn’t designed to treat. The “zombie myth” addressed directly and honestly.
ExpectationsWhat Teachers See Change — and What Doesn’t Change Yet
Real clinical data on how behaviour improves in the classroom while grades often lag behind. Why written work is the hidden bottleneck, and the specific questions to ask your child’s teacher.
SchoolThe 4pm Mystery: Why Evenings Fall Apart
The coverage gap nobody warned you about. What rebound looks like, why a great school day can dissolve into a chaotic evening, and practical strategies to transform your afternoons — tonight.
Home LifeDoes Every Child With ADHD Need Medication?
The honest answer is no. The framework for knowing when struggling becomes suffering. A simple three-area assessment you can do tonight, and what the research shows about both paths.
The DecisionThe Whole Picture: Why Medication Alone Is Never Enough
Medication gives your child brakes. It doesn’t teach them to drive. The five pillars that make medication work at its best — and how to build a complete support plan around your child.
The Complete PlanWho This Course Is For
Whether you’re considering medication, already using it, or supporting a child who does — this course meets you where you are.
Parents Considering Medication
You’ve had the diagnosis. The doctor has mentioned medication. But you’re not sure, and the internet isn’t helping. This course gives you the understanding to decide from knowledge, not fear.
Parents Already Using Medication
Your child is on medication, but something doesn’t feel right. Maybe the marks haven’t changed. Maybe evenings are still chaos. This course explains why — and what to do about it.
Teachers & Educators
You work with children who take ADHD medication and want to understand what it does, what it doesn’t, and how to support those children more effectively in your classroom.
Family Members Who Want to Understand
You’re a grandparent, an aunt, a family friend who cares about a child with ADHD. This course helps you understand the decisions their parents face — and how to support rather than judge.
What You’ll Walk Away With
This isn’t theory for theory’s sake. Every module ends with something you can do tonight.
A clear understanding of what ADHD medication does — and, equally important, what it doesn’t do — explained in plain English using analogies that make the neuroscience genuinely accessible.
Realistic expectations that protect you from the frustration of waiting for things medication was never designed to deliver. Understanding the 80% overlap with other conditions changes everything.
Practical strategies for the everyday battles — the homework hour, the chaotic evenings, the mornings that go sideways. Not vague advice. Specific, actionable guidance you can use tonight.
Specific questions to ask your child’s teacher and prescriber — the exact words that get you useful answers instead of vague reassurances.
A framework for the medication decision — whether you’re making it for the first time or reconsidering it. Both paths have consequences. You’ll understand them clearly.
The confidence that comes from genuine understanding. When you know why your child does what they do, frustration transforms into compassion — and compassion makes you a more effective parent.
Your Guide
Dr John Flett — the doctor parents wish they’d found years ago.
I’m a neurodevelopmental paediatrician based in Kloof, Durban, and I’ve spent twenty-five years working with families navigating ADHD. I’ve sat with thousands of parents making the exact decision you’re facing right now.
I built this course because I kept hearing the same thing in my consulting room: “I just don’t know enough to decide.” Parents who are thoughtful, caring, and doing their best — stuck because the information available is either too clinical to understand or too emotional to trust.
My philosophy is simple. When parents understand, they make better decisions. Not perfect decisions — nobody makes those. Better ones. And better decisions, made from understanding rather than fear, change your child’s life.
This course gives you what I give families in my practice: honest, clear, evidence-based guidance in the kind of plain English you can process at 10pm after an exhausting day.
Dr John Flett MBChB, FCPaed (SA) MRCP(UK)(London), BSc(Hons) • Specialist Paediatrician — Focus: ADHD, Behaviour and Schooling Problems • The Assessment Centre, 8 Village Road, Kloof, Durban • 031 1000 474
Your Child’s Brain Isn’t Broken.
It’s Wired Differently.
Understanding is the first step toward helping them thrive. This course gives you that understanding — at your own pace, in your own time, as many times as you need it.
Start the Course — FreeDisclaimer: The information provided in this course is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All content is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor or health professional. Information about mental health topics and treatments can change rapidly and we cannot guarantee the content’s currentness. For the most up-to-date information, please consult your doctor or qualified healthcare professional.
© Dr John Flett MBChB, FCPaed (SA) MRCP(UK)(London), BSc(Hons) • Specialist Paediatrician — Focus: ADHD, Behaviour and Schooling Problems • The Assessment Centre, 8 Village Road, Kloof, Durban • 031 1000 474 • Zoom consultations available for schools and educators.
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