371: How Honesty (Not Reassurance) Is What Gets Your Kid Through Middle School

371: How Honesty (Not Reassurance) Is What Gets Your Kid Through Middle School

Puberty sneaks up fast. Dr. Kim Pinckney on the early signs, honest language, and helping neurodivergent kids find real friendship.

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370: When Silence is Louder than Sound

370: When Silence is Louder than Sound

My son says heavy metal calms him down. We unpack how music regulates his ADHD and autistic brain, and ours too.

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369: PANDAS: When Strep Inflames Your Child’s Brain

369: PANDAS: When Strep Inflames Your Child’s Brain

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.

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368: Preparing for the Back-to-School Transition

368: Preparing for the Back-to-School Transition

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.

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367: Systems that Work with the Brain

367: Systems that Work with the Brain

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.

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366: The Glass Child: The Neurotypical Sibling’s Experience

366: The Glass Child: The Neurotypical Sibling’s Experience

Your “easy” child may be hiding real struggle. Discover what glass child syndrome means for neurotypical siblings, and how you can help them heal.

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365: Autistic Burnout & Self-Care

365: Autistic Burnout & Self-Care

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.

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364: PDA Through a Problem-Solving Lens: Moving from Power Struggles to Partnership

364: PDA Through a Problem-Solving Lens: Moving from Power Struggles to Partnership

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.

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363: Raising Problem-Solvers: Lessons from the Co-Creator of Blue’s Clues & Daniel Tiger

363: Raising Problem-Solvers: Lessons from the Co-Creator of Blue’s Clues & Daniel Tiger

The pause on Blue’s Clues was research-backed and it is one of the most powerful tools you have as a parent of a neurodivergent child. Here is how to use it.

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362: The Science and Soul Behind Raising Joyful Kids

362: The Science and Soul Behind Raising Joyful Kids

Joy is a nervous system need. Kira Willey shares how movement, rhythm, and connection build the regulated foundation where kids truly thrive.

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Ready or not… the school year’s coming.

But chaos, meltdowns, and last-minute scrambling don’t have to come with it.

Back to School Prep Week is your 5-day, done-with-you plan to get your routines, supports, and emotional systems in place — before first-day tears, IEP surprises, and sensory overload can take over. Prep Week is for parents of neurodivergent kids who want:

  • Mornings that don't end in meltdowns.
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