Most of the time, children refuse to take medication because of a sense of stigma, especially for adolescents, who may be resistant to taking medication because it may mean that they are “abnormal” or “sick”. Therefore, when a child has the ability to understand, it is best to tell them what ADHD is and why they are taking it. Why do you need to take this medication? How does this medication help? Yang Liangzheng of the Children’s Health Care Center at Jinan Children’s Hospital One way to explain this is to compare taking ADHD medication to wearing glasses, which help us see better, and ADHD medication, which helps us focus better and control our behavior better so we can learn better, interact with others, and perform our own tasks and activities.