379: Helping Kids Understand Their Diagnosis
Without an explanation, kids decide they’re the problem. Two neuropsychologists share how to explain a diagnosis using your child’s words, honest challenges, and real strengths.
Without an explanation, kids decide they’re the problem. Two neuropsychologists share how to explain a diagnosis using your child’s words, honest challenges, and real strengths.
Erin Washington hid an eating disorder for 20 years behind straight A’s. She shares what actually helps our daughters feel at home in their bodies.
Therapist Andrew Fishman explains why gaming feels safest for neurodivergent kids, and the real strategy for surviving the meltdown when it’s time to stop.
Child behavior expert Bryan Post explains why punishment shuts down learning, and offers a simple strategies for regulating hard moments.
A grilled cheese catastrophe becomes a lesson in co-regulation: three simple, everyday ways to help your kid’s nervous system feel safe.
Your child’s nervous system isn’t a machine to calm down. Holly Bridges explains why teaching the body to feel safe changes everything.
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.