# 19. Is Daycare Causing ADHD? Debunking the Diary of a CEO Episode. (with Amanda Moses)

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Podcast: [ADHD Mums](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089)
Published: 2026-07-27T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://adhdmums.com.au/captivate/is-daycare-causing-adhd-diary-of-a-ceo-debunked
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## Resource

Someone sent you the clip. Or your friend messaged about it. Or your mother-in-law forwarded it without comment and you sat there for a minute knowing exactly what she meant by that. The Diary of a CEO episode with Erica Komisar — the one saying ADHD isn't real, it's a stress response, and if your child has it the inconvenient truth is that you caused it. Two and a half hours long. Fifteen million subscribers. Ranked second on Spotify globally. So it doesn't stay in the episode — it gets clipped and reposted and lands in your DMs. This is the debunk. Senior psychologist and ADHD assessor Amanda Moses is back — the actual person who spends her days doing the assessments. Fourteen years in the field, Australia and the UK. Amanda pulls the clips apart word by word. The genetics. The 'malpractice' claim about medication. The 1950s theory this whole episode is quietly rebuilding under a new name. CHAPTERS 00:00 — The email from a listener that made me pick up the phone to Amanda 01:00 — What Erica Komisar is, and what she isn't 02:30 — Clip 1: 'ADHD isn't a disorder. It's a stress response.' 03:20 — Why the drop-the-D movement isn't about stress — and the heritability she's leaving out 06:03 — Clip 2: 'There is no genetic precursor to ADHD.' 07:30 — One minute there's no gene. The next minute there is. Which is it? 13:37 — Clip 3: 'The way we treat ADHD is malpractice.' 14:35 — Amanda on her own medication, and 'what do you mean people walk around like this for free?' 23:37 — Clip 4: 'When your child gets an ADHD diagnosis, the first thing you should do is see a therapist.' 25:17 — Refrigerator mother. 1950s. Same architecture. New diagnosis. 29:07 — Where Erica raised her children. And what she could afford to sacrifice. 33:17 — The economics that make her advice a fantasy…

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