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Episode 1: Why Traditional Parenting Backfires With a Neurodivergent Teen
If you are parenting a neurodivergent teen or young adult, you have probably had the experience of doing exactly what the parenting book said and watching it make everything worse.
This is the first episode of the podcast. Dr. Ed Callahan sits down with Amy J., a parent, to lay out the premise the whole series rests on: most mainstream parenting advice is not merely less effective for a neurodivergent teen — it is frequently the opposite of what works, and following it faithfully can do real harm.
They talk about why that is. Traditional approaches assume a young person can reason while…
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