TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids
591 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 883 ratingsTiLT Parenting, from parenting activist, speaker, and author Debbie Reber, features transformational interviews and conversations with authors, parenting experts, educators, and other parents aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently-wired kids (giftedness, ADHD, austim, 2e, learning differences, sensory processing issues, anxiety, and more). TiLT aims to help parents feel empowered and in choice in how they parent, have more peace in their daily lives, and parent and advocate for their child from a place of confidence and awareness so that our children can thrive in every way. https:/tiltparenting.com
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TPP 360: Dr. Jade Rivera on Designing Strengths-Based IEPs
February 06, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutesIf you are parenting a neurodivergent kid, you probably have a lot of experience getting feedback about your child — in IEP meetings, parent teacher conferences, therapists, neuropsychs, school counselors. And, so often this feedback is highlighting what’s hard or challenging and what needs to be improved, which, honestly, takes its toll on us and our kids. It can leave us feeling drained, discouraged, and overwhelmed. If you relate to this experience in any way, you’re going to appreciate to...
TPP 102a: Sex Educator Amy Lang Gets Real About Kids and Pornography
February 02, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutesA frank and open conversation with sex education expert Amy Lang about the risks, impact of, and reality of kids' exposure to pornography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 359: An Conversation with Dr. Emily Edlynn on Raising Autonomous Children
January 30, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutesThere are so many parenting styles — attachment, helicopter, positive, peaceful, authoritarian, authoritative, and on and on. And those of us parenting neurodivergent kids know there is no one-size-fits-all approach for navigating the day-to-day, even when our big picture goal is similar — to raise children who grow up to know themselves deeply and are prepared to live self-actualized lives, whatever that may look like for them. So I really loved learning about the focus of Dr. Emily Edlynn’s...
TPP 095a: Anya Kamenetz Talks About Her Book "The Art of Screen Time"
January 26, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutesNPR Journalist Anya Kamenetz discusses her new book "The Art of Screen Time" as well as her takeaways on the latest research surrounding screen time and differently wired kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 358: Dr. Maureen Peterson on Finding Peace in Parenting a Child with Chronic Illness
January 23, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutesOverwhelm, sadness, guilt, stress, and exhaustion are common experiences for parents raising neurodivergent children, and this is especially true when that child is navigating the complex landscape of also living with a serious or chronic illness. Unpredictability, financial strain, impact on the siblings, uncertainty about a child’s prognosis can all present significant challenges and lead to parental burnout. But according to my guest, Dr. Maureen Peteren, it’s possible for parents of chron...
TPP 083a: A Conversation with Melissa Wardy About Raising Anxious Kids
January 19, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutesAuthor Melissa Wardy shares her personal story of discovering her children's anxiety disorder and adapting her life to support who they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 357: Parenting At the Intersections of Race and Neurodivergence
January 16, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutesWe’ve talked a lot about advocating for our children on the show, but today, we are adding the additional consideration of race to the conversation, because we know that families raising differently-wired kids of color experience additional roadblocks when it comes to getting support in all kinds of environments, fostering empowering neurodivergent identities and much more. My guests for this rich conversation are Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral, authors of the brand new book Parenting at the In...
TPP 075a: Julie Neale Talks About Her Mother's Quest to Live an E.P.I.C. Life
January 12, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutesDebbie talks with Julie Neale talks about her journey as mother to two differently wired boys and how she's supporting mothers in living an E.P.I.C. life through Mother's Quest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 356: Supporting Healthy Digital Media Use for Neurodivergent Kids
January 09, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutesMany of our kids spend a LOT of time engaging on screens and with technology, and I don’t know about you, but for me it feels like this is an ever-changing, and fast-changing landscape, and one that can be hard to stay on top of. Whether we’re talking about assistive technology, videos, games, or social media, these forms of media continue to offer new ways of interacting, developing relationships, and even exploring identity, and this has added to the complexity of raising neurodivergent kid...
TPP 355: Dr. Sharon Saline on Understanding and Working with ADHD in Girls
January 02, 2024 15:57 - 42 minutesYou may have heard about the “lost generation of autistic women,” which refers to those women whose diagnoses were missed when they were younger because of the male gender bias in the diagnostic criteria. But that phenomenon doesn’t just apply to autism – the same thing goes for girls and ADHD. There’s actually been a lot written about this in recent years, including a popular 2020 article in The Guardian called The Lost Girls: Chaotic and Curious, Women with ADHD All Have Missed Red Flags Th...
TPP 079a: Coach and Author Andrea Owen on Raising Her Differently-Wired Son
December 29, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutesAuthor and life coach Andrea Owen shares her personal story of how she continues to live her best life while accepting and embracing who her differently-wired son is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 078a: Cultural Changemaker Jess Weiner on Becoming a Successful Advocate
December 26, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutesDebbie talks with cultural changemaker, author, and entrepreneur Jess Weiner about how to become successful advocates to best support our differently-wired kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 077a: Peter Shankman of Faster Than Normal on the Gifts of ADHD
December 22, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutesPeter Shankman talks about his new book, Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain, and his story of learning how to manage his ADHD and tap into the gifts that come along with the diagnosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 354: Strategic Parenting Expert Heather Chauvin on Beating Parenting Overwhelm
December 19, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutesI’m happy to share a rich conversation with strategic parenting coach Heather Chauvin about the plight many mothers of neurodivergent kids find themselves in — prioritizing everyone else’s needs over their own and why it’s so critical that we get out of this pattern. This is a deeply personal topic for Heather. The way she describes it, by living in survival mode as a parent to her three kids, she was robbing herself of joy, robbing her kids of joy by not being a present parent, and robbing h...
TPP 068a: Video Games and Your Child's Physical, Social, and Psychological Well-Being
December 15, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutesVideo game researcher Dr. Rachel Kowert talks about the impact of video games in differently-wired kids' lives and busts some myths about the potential harms and benefits of gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 353: Ginger Whitson on Bullying — What it Looks Like, How to Handle It, and How to Protect Our Kids from Being Targets
December 12, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutesI get a lot of requests for different topics to cover on this show, and bullying is a theme that has come up multiple times. And understandably, since we know that children and teens with learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, are much more likely to experience bullying and social rejection. And we know that being on the receiving end of bullying can be traumatic and have long-lasting negative impacts. So I reached out to Ginger Whitson, an author, mental health professional, educator, and expe...
TPP 067a: One Mother's Story of Parenting a 2e Daughter with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia
December 08, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutesTia Smith shares her story of raising her twice-exceptional daughter (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, processing issues, and giftedness) and found a way to chart a path that's allowed her daughter to thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 352: Occupational Therapist Kelly Mahler on the Power in Understanding & Supporting Neurodivergent Kids' Interoception Experience
December 05, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutesDoes your child ever seem disconnected to their body? Maybe they would completely forget to eat if you didn’t remind them because they never experience hunger, or they can play outdoors for hours in freezing weather but because they’re not really noticing how cold it is, they leave the hat, gloves, and coat at home. Or on the flip side, maybe your child is intensely connected? Maybe they experience such strong internal or external body sensations that it is hard for them to pay attention to a...
TPP 066a: Allison Carmen on Finding Peace in Uncertainty and Embracing the Word “Maybe"
December 01, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutesA conversation with the author of The Gift of Maybe, Allison Carmen, about what happens when parents raising differently-wired kids let go of their need for certainty and embrace the possibility of "maybe." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 351: Hunter Clarke-Fields on Mindful Parenting & Raising Good Humans Every Day
November 28, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutesSo we’ve talked about mindfulness on this show before, and if you’re in my Differently Wired Club, you know that mindfulness meditation is something I explore from time to time but really struggle with implementing in the way I think I’m supposed to. Like, I always feel like I’m doing it wrong or it’s just not for me. But as my guest today, Hunter Clarke-Fields, explains, there are many accessible ways to practice mindfulness, even for people like me who feel like they can’t, or don’t want to...
TPP 043a: Why Fostering Cultures of Respect in Our Schools is Critical, with Courtney Macavinta
November 24, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutesAuthor and changemaker Courtney Macavinta (The Respect Institute) explains why differently-wired kids are especially vulnerable to the “school to prison pipeline,” and how we can make respect the status quo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 350: Showing Up with Agency, Personal Choice, and Intention, with Dr. Amy Hoyt
November 21, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutesA concept we have explored a lot on this show and in the Tilt community is AGENCY — and always in the context of how to scaffold and support our kids in developing agency or helping them have a bigger sense of control and autonomy in their lives. But guess what? We — the parents and caregivers in our kids' lives — we need agency too. And in this conversation, we’re going to be exploring how to expand our own sense of agency and personal choice so we can show up more intentionally to our daily...
TPP 016a: Understanding and Navigating the Parent-Teacher Relationship with Becca Wertheim
November 17, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutesBecca Wertheim, a second-grade teacher at an inclusion school in North Carolina, talks about her experience as a teacher meeting the individual educational needs of a group of students with diverse learning styles, and her insight for parents who are looking for better support and communication with the teachers in their children’s lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 349: Surviving and Thriving as a Parent with ADHD, with Elaine Taylor-Klaus (Impact ADHD)
November 14, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutesToday I’m covering a topic that was suggested by a listener and, as soon as I read her email, I was like, Yes! And also, I can’t believe we haven’t done an episode on this yet! So… today we’re going to be talking about being a parent with ADHD who is parenting neurodivergent children. Because I know there are endless parenting responsibilities that rely heavily on having solid executive function skills or balancing an inordinate amount of demands and emotional labor, and I know that these sam...
TPP 019a: Slow Processing Speed — What It Is and How to Support Kids Who Have It
November 10, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutesDr. Ellen Braaten describes slow processing speed in children — what it is and how it shows up—and gives her insights on how parents (and teachers) can best support kids for whom this is a challenge. She also gives us insight into her book, "Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 348: How to Help Our Kids Thrive in Tough Times, with Stephanie Malia Krauss
November 07, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutesOn this show, we’ve talked about the effect that the pandemic has had on our kids, we’ve talked about the youth mental health crisis, we’ve talked about the complexities of our kids developing their identity online. It’s clear that our kids are growing up in a time with unique challenges and very different from when we were kids and adolescents. So how can we help our children to truly thrive even in the face of so much disruption and uncertainty? My guest today, Stephanie Malia Krauss, is he...
How Acceptance (& Regret!) Help Our Parenting Dr. Diana Hill — Mindful Parenting Podcast on Tilt
November 03, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutesThis is a special shared episode of the Mindful Parenting Podcast, hosted by Hunter Clarke-Fields, on the Tilt Parenting feed. In our hectic parenting lives it can become easy to lose track of what’s important and get bogged down by the stress of it all. Diana Hill, clinical psychologist talks to us about how Acceptance and commitment Therapy (ACT) can help us become more psychologically flexible and how that will help our parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 347: Raising a Demand Avoidant Child or Teen (PDA), with Casey Ehrlich
October 31, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutesI’m really happy to be bringing another conversation about PDA to the show, especially as awareness and understanding of this complex profile of autism is growing and more and more parents are looking for resources to navigate this especially challenging parenting journey. Oh, and in case you’re not familiar with PDA, it’s an acronym that technically stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance, though many people who identify as PDAers prefer the words persistent desire for autonomy. My guest fo...
TPP 032a: How to Eliminate Control Battles With Your Differently-Wired Teen, with Neil Brown
October 27, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutesDebbie talks with family therapist and author of the new book "Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle" Neil Brown about the challenges of and strategies for raising differently-wired teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 346: Gil Gershoni on Creativity, Dyslexic Design Thinking and Tapping into the Hyper-Abilities of Dyslexic People
October 24, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutesI know it can be incredibly powerful and transformational for parents raising differently wired kids to hear from neurodivergent adults about their lived experience. How did they feel as a child? What was it that helped them navigate feelings of inadequacy they may have internalized or the challenges of being a child who was misunderstood or whose gifts were overlooked? That’s why I’m so happy to share today’s conversation with Gil Gershoni, the founder and creative director of the branding f...
TPP 028a: Understanding and Combatting Negative Stigmas Associated with Neurological Differences
October 20, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutesAuthor Ann Douglas (Parenting Through the Storm) talks with Debbie about negative stigmas—why they exist, how they're perpetuated, what they do to us and our kids, and most importantly, what we can do to combat them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 345: Julie Skonick On Understanding & Supporting Gifted and Distractible Kids
October 17, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutesThe conversation around twice exceptionality has advanced a lot in the past few years but there still exists substantial resistance and misunderstanding about what it means to be 2e. As my guest today, Julie Skolnick, writes about in her new book Gifted and Distractible, it’s a widely held misconception that intellectual ability and social and emotional success go hand in hand. Which is why kids who are gifted and have simultaneous learning differences like ADHD, Autism, or dyslexia—are often...
TPP 213a: How to Talk to Kids When the World Feels Like a Scary Place
October 13, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutesChild psychologist Dr. Abigail Gewirtz talks about her book, When the World Feels Like a Scary Place: Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents and Worried Kids, and provides insights on talking to kids at Covid-19, racism, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 344: Dr. Robyn Silverman Explains How To Talk to Kids About Anything
October 10, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutesI’m going to confess something with you right here and now. When it comes to having important conversations with my kid, about tricky topics, big issues…things where the stakes feel very high, I often feel like I blow it. I get really anxious, if the subject comes up without any advance warning I fumble over my words, I very often say the exact wrong thing and then feel stressed about what I wish I’d said and then I often awkwardly force a do-over. You get the point. Am I the only one? Okay, ...
TPP 074a: "Child Decoded"—A New "Manual" for Parents Raising Differently Wired Kids
October 06, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutesA conversation with the coauthor of "Child Decoded," Dr. Robyn McEvoy, about how parents can forge a viable path to move forward and best focus their energy in raising their exceptional child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 343: What You Need to Know About Modern Day Puberty, with Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett
October 03, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutesI’ve got a question for you: What’s your relationship with puberty? You know, that inescapable part of every human’s experience, marked by body changes, emotional swings, awkward stages, and more? Personally, I don’t look back on my journey through puberty with whole lotta fondness. Yet, being that it IS part of every child’s development process, puberty is something that we as parents and actually any adult supporting children are going to want to deeply understand so we can help our kids na...
TPP 047a: The Connection Between Creativity and Neurodiversity, with Kathryn Haydon
September 29, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutesCreativity expert Kathryn Haydon talks about the correlation between creativity and neurodiversity, especially giftedness, as well as her vision for supporting differently-wired kids using a "strengths-based" approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 342: Dr. Devorah Heitner on Parenting Kids Who Are Growing Up in Public
September 26, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutesWelcome to this week’s show, where I’m so excited to be talking, bringing back to the show my friend, colleague, and my most trusted mentor when it comes to all things kids and tech and screens, Dr. Devorah Heitner. Today, we’re going to be talking about such a pressing consideration for anyone raising a kid these days — what it means for today’s generation of kids to grow up with very public lives and coming of age in a digital world where so many aspects of their lives are online and availa...
TPP 122a: Debbie and Her Husband Derin On How They Designed Their Alliance
September 22, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutesA follow-up conversation with Debbie's husband Derin in which he shares how he got unstuck in his thinking about Asher, as well as how the two of them fostered a close bond of mutual love and understanding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 056a: Debbie and Her Husband Derin Talk About Parenting a Differently-Wired Child
September 21, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutesDebbie and her husband Derin have an honest, open, and vulnerable conversation about their (up and down) journey as a couple navigating parenting a differently-wired child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 341: Dr. Lori Desautels on Shifting Educational Systems Towards Post Traumatic Growth
August 29, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutesDr. Lori Desautels is coming back to the show to talk about her new book Intentional Neuroplasticity: Our Educational Journey Towards Post Traumatic Growth, which stems from her passion of applying the social and relational neurosciences to education and integrating her applied research into classroom procedures and transitions prepping the nervous system for learning and felt safety. An Assistant Professor at Butler University, K-12 educator, and researcher, Lori joined me on the podcast la...
TPP 044a: Amy Lang on Sex Education and Differently-Wired Kids
August 25, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourI'm sitting down with sexuality educator and parenting expert Amy Lang for a very frank and open conversation* about sex ed for children—what they need to know, when they need to know it, how to talk about it, and much much more. Amy is passionate about the fact that at its core, sex education is a health and safety issue for our kids. She explains why as our children’s parents and caregivers, it is up to us to initiate and continue to have conversations surrounding sexuality. Amy Lang is com...
TPP 340: Meghan Ashburn and Jules Edwards on Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World
August 22, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutesMy guests today are on a mission to show parents that there are different ways of approaching autism beyond what they’re told in doctors or therapists offices. Meghan Ashburn and Jules Edwards, co-authors of the book I Will Die on This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World, are making it really clear that there is no one size fits all for any families and that there is so much to learn from just listening more. Meghan Ashburn is a continuous learn...
TPP 097a: A "Masterclass" in Executive Functioning with Seth Perler (Part 2 of 2)
August 18, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutesThis week is a continuation of last week’s episode with executive functioning coach Seth Perler, which was so packed full of information (and also so long) that I had to break it up into two separate episodes, which I’m now referring to as a “masterclass” in executive functioning. In last week’s episode, Seth shared his protocol for setting up a child for success in their developing executive functioning skills. In today’s episode, Seth is going to get into the nitty gritty about specific st...
TPP 339: Dayna Abraham on Helping Parents Calm the Chaos
August 15, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutesToday I’m welcoming back Dayna Abraham to the show to discuss her latest book, Calm the Chaos: A Fail-Proof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids. I really resonate with Dayna’s work because we both are committed to empowering families, especially those who are deep in survival mode, and in her new book, she shares the framework for her signature “calm the chaos” framework which is designed to give parents a doable plan for navigating challenging situations and finding genuine...
TPP 096a: A "Masterclass" in Executive Functioning with Seth Perler (Part 1 of 2)
August 11, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I’m bringing back a previous guest, executive functioning coach Seth Perler, for a two-part series in which Seth shares with us the exact approach he uses with students he works with when helping them foster their fledgling executive functioning skills. I first had Seth on the show last fall, where he gave us an introduction to executive functioning, but we didn’t get to the more practical strategies that I know so many of us are looking for. So...
TPP 338: When Home Isn’t Working: How to Find Therapeutic Programs, with Sue Scheff
August 08, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutesToday I’m bringing you an episode that covers a new topic for this show — how to find the right program when you realize your child is in need of more substantial therapeutic support or intervention. I’ve wanted to cover this topic for a long time because I know how overwhelming it can be if this is a road your family is going down. Sue Scheff has decades of experience in this field, personal and professional, and I’m grateful she joined me to shed light on the ins and outs of navigating diff...
TPP 017a: One Mother's Radical, Nature-Based Approach to Helping Her Daughter Live with Anxiety
August 04, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode, I talk with Jill Emmelhainz, the mother of a 14-year-old differently-wired daughter who struggles with severe anxiety. Over the years, Jill and her husband noticed their daughter Anna’s anxiety was greatly reduced when she spent time outdoors and in nature, so this past year, they decided to try something radical and fully immerse themselves in nature for extended periods of time to see what would happen. For six weeks in fall 2015 and five weeks in spring 2016, Jill and her ...
TPP 337: Phyllis Fagell on Raising Resilient Teens in Turbulent Times
August 01, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutesThis week I’m bringing back school counselor, therapist, and author Phyllis Fagell to talk about her new book Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times which she wrote as a response to what she is seeing in her work with children in the aftermath of COVID. During this interview, we talked about why this generation of tweens is more insecure, vulnerable, and eager to please perhaps than past generations, effective strategies for helping kids who might be rigid thi...
TPP 101a: TV Creator Angela Santomero on Her New Book "Preschool Clues"
July 28, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutesAngela Santomero is also an author, and one I had the chance to work with very closely over the past two years, as she asked me to be her co-author for her new book Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World, which comes out one week from today! Preschool Clues shares the secret sauce behind Angela’s shows’ powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational “clues” to ensure that preschoolers flourish academically, soci...