373: Overcoming The Wall of Awful
Your child’s avoidance isn’t laziness, it’s the Wall of Awful. Brendan Mahan shares how to help them, and you, get past it.
Your child’s avoidance isn’t laziness, it’s the Wall of Awful. Brendan Mahan shares how to help them, and you, get past it.
Your child’s calm at school and falling apart at home isn’t a parenting problem, it’s capacity. Dr. Emily King explains why.
Puberty sneaks up fast. Dr. Kim Pinckney on the early signs, honest language, and helping neurodivergent kids find real friendship.
My son says heavy metal calms him down. We unpack how music regulates his ADHD and autistic brain, and ours too.
Your child changed overnight, and it wasn’t defiance, but it may have been PANDAS. Learn the signs, the science, and how to parent through recovery.
Back-to-school dread is real. Here are five nervous-system-first shifts for mornings, bedtime, homework, and school meetings that make this year easier.
Dr. Angela Kingdon built her career, and her own recovery from burnout, around one idea: systems only work when they work with the brain that is using them. Here is what she wants every parent of a neurodivergent kid to know before they build one more system for their child.
Your “easy” child may be hiding real struggle. Discover what glass child syndrome means for neurotypical siblings, and how you can help them heal.
Exhaustion sleep won’t fix. Skills that vanish overnight. Dr. Megan Anna Neff explains autistic burnout and the validation-first approach that actually helps your child recover.
PDA isn’t defiance, it’s a nervous system on alert. Stacey Curnow shares how to turn power struggles into real partnership with your child.