How Screen Time Affects Neurodivergent Children: Creating Calm at Home Parents of neurodivergent, ADHD, autistic, and gifted/2e children often arrive with the same question: “Why does everything feel harder after screens?” You notice it in the evenings. Your child is more irritable, less flexible, quicker...
Back when many of us were growing up, our parents would yell at us to shut the TV off and go outside and play. Parents of generations past knew that fresh air and sunshine were ultimately healthier than watching the “boob tube.” And back then...
When neurodivergent or gifted children overreact, it’s often about safety—not discipline. Learn how parents can create calm, connection, and a sense of home that supports regulation and behavior.
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are serious psychiatric illness, not unlike anxiety and depression. Individuals who suffer from one of these disorders use food in unhealthy ways to cope with difficult emotions and life situations. Sadly, eating disorders have now become an epidemic...