Notice which word somebody reaches for. Protection sounds like a shield against loss, while what the studies describe is closer to a little extra growth, and those are not the same promise.

When appetite disappears at lunchtime, work with the child's rhythm instead of against it. Feed them properly at the hours they are actually hungry, which is usually breakfast and then the late afternoon and evening.

If a small child cannot swallow tablets, that is a solvable problem rather than a reason to give up on treatment. One methylphenidate preparation comes as a skin patch.

Every workplace runs on a map nobody prints: who really decides, who to ask, what the polite route is. Picking that up by osmosis is exactly the channel that struggles here.