I disciplined my ADHD daughter all wrong. This saved our relationship.
Psychotherapist and ADHD expert Merriam Saunders spent years locked in daily battles with her strong-willed daughter. No form of discipline worked. Then one ordinary blowup led to an unexpected realiz...
17 Syys 21min
School refusal: Strategies for getting your child back in the building
Jessica is off this week, but we didn’t want to leave you without something great to listen to. So, in honor of back-to-school, we’re sharing an episode about school refusal from another Understood po...
3 Syys 33min
Why I stopped hiding my kid’s neurodivergence
For years, Margaret Ables believed the kindest thing she could do for her autistic child was to help them blend in. Then a single article reframed everything she thought she knew about acceptance and ...
20 Elo 25min
Guiding a neurodivergent kid through grief (by breaking all the rules)
Alynda Wheat Savage and her husband Dave were never big rule followers. They brought that punk rock spirit to parenting their son, Jack, who is neurodivergent. So when Dave was diagnosed with glioblas...
6 Elo 24min
No dyslexia tutors, so this mom became one
Melena Blanton is a clinical psychologist and mom of two neurodivergent kids in Eastern Kentucky. She’s had to fight through lack of resources and small town prejudice to get her kids the help they ne...
21 Heinä 20min
Hyperfocus: PMDD: Why women with ADHD are 4x more likely to struggle
In this episode of our sister show Hyperfocus, listener Jenna Plonsky opens a raw conversation about ADHD, late diagnosis, and the mental health struggles many women face in silence. From postpartum ...
7 Heinä 20min
How neurodivergent kids helped build a better children’s museum
Rainy Saturdays just got a whole lot better. Leslie Bushara, chief program officer of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, reveals how she’s taking notes from neurodivergent kids and their parents to b...
23 Kesä 20min
First-gen parents, neurodivergent kids, and redefining excellence
Alison Cho grew up in a tight-knit Korean American family where Harvard and medical school weren’t just dreams, they were expectations. Alison had undiagnosed ADHD and autism, and she often felt like ...
9 Kesä 17min
