Neurodiversity University
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens and Young Adults
Notes from Dr. Ed Callahan on raising a neurodivergent 14-to-25-year-old toward a successful, independent adulthood — with less conflict, distress, and resistance.
Most of what you will read here started in a room full of parents. Twice a week I sit with families working through exactly what you are working through, and these posts are what comes out of those conversations.
A mother I work with sat down and watched a movie her teenage son had picked. She did not love the movie. It glamorized people who take what they want, and everything in her wanted to say so.
She did not say so. Instead she asked him about it. What is happening here. Why does that character do that...
Ask any group of parents of neurodivergent teens what they are fighting about most, and phones will be in the top three. Usually the top one.
Before offering a framework, I want to start somewhere that most screen-time advice skips entirely, which is honesty about how hard this actually is.
The as...
There is a particular phone call that parents of neurodivergent teens learn to dread. You call the school about something routine, and somewhere in the conversation you discover that the coursework your child assured you was finished has not been touched in three weeks.
The floor drops out. And und...
The Parent Letter
Get new posts by email
A couple of times a month. Practical, specific, and written for parents of neurodivergent teens and young adults.
No spam. Unsubscribe any time.