Low Demand Parenting with Amanda Diekman

If you’re anything like us, the title of today’s episode, “Low Demand Parenting”, made you take a hopeful gasp and wonder if low-demand parenting could actually work for your family and take some of the weight and pressure of parenting off of your chest.

Well, after chatting with Amanda Diekman, author and leading voice in the neurodiversity parenting movement, I can honestly say I felt some of that weight lift as she gave me and all our listeners permission to say, ‘It’s too hard right now” and let some things go.

Amanda's wisdom and insight into the realities of parenting uniquely wired children hit a chord for me and I hope you too find the permission you may be seeking today to radically accept your child and family where you and they are at.

In this podcast, we discuss:

👉 Amanda's family journey to a Low Demand Parenting style

👉The in's and out's of low-demand parenting

👉 Why low-demand parenting is a needed practice for parenting neurodivergent or highly sensitive kids

👉 How parents of highly dysregulated kids can experience trauma

👉Why we must reframe the word 'misbehavior' and call it children's 'self-advocacy'

Find Amanda Diekman, author of the book "Low-Demand Parenting," autistic adult, and leading voice in the neurodiversity parenting movement, offers deep wisdom and innovative insight into the realities of parenting uniquely wired children. Amanda runs a successful coaching practice for parents of neurodivergent children.

Find out more about Amanda on Facebook & Instagram. 

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