My Husband Has a Weird Belief About My Daughter’s Very Necessary Medication. He’s Taken It Too Far.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I are in a huge argument about our 15-year-old daughter’s ADHD medication. I speak from experience when I say that it’s not at all unusual for some parents to feel worried and conflicted about their children taking medication for mental health issues, including ADHD. One thing the good parents didn’t do is lie to their spouse about how they would handle the situation, arbitrarily withhold pills, and convince their children that they are failures for taking medication. Devise a system—incorporating pill organizers, taped-up signs, and recurring phone alarms—that puts your daughter’s medication in her own hands as much as possible, with you checking up on things frequently.