Dear Parent, There are two vastly different phases to parenting–the first ten years and the second ten years. In the first ten years, we spend all of our time teaching, coaching, reminding, supporting, protecting, correcting, ad nauseam. Our job is creating a foundation for the rest of their lives — say please and thank you, don’t hurt people, brush…
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Neurodiverse Children have Limited Bandwidths. What does that mean? It means that they have little ability to absorb the stress of intense life events, without negative side effects like emotional outbursts, refusal, opposition, and meltdowns. What can you do to honor your child’s neurodiversity needs? Give them a break. Seriously, they need you to adjust your expectations of them following a…