TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids
Kids & Family:Parenting
On today’s episode I’m talking to Eliza Fricker about PDA or pathological demand avoidance – and in fact I know many people interpret PDA as persistent desire for autonomy. I’ve done a few episodes on PDA before but never from a parent’s perspective so after reading Eliza’s book, The Family Experience of PDA, I knew I wanted to share her perspective with the Tilt community. During this episode, we talked about how demand avoidance is more extreme in a child with a PDA profile vs. the inflexibility and rigidity we might see in other neurodivergent kids, what Eliza has learned about herself parenting a child with PDA, and what her resistance was to the changes needed to her parenting style. Eliza also gave out some great tips for teachers who have a PDA student in their classroom and for parents who are struggling with family, friends, or people close to them who aren’t willing to understand what PDA is and what that means for their family.
Eliza Fricker is the illustrator behind “Missing the Mark” a deeply personal and all too human exploration of a mother’s journey navigating the education system and everyday life with a child who can’t go to school. Eliza’s latest book, Can’t Not Won’t will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in December 2022.
Things you'll learn from this episode
Resources mentioned for PDA
Connect with Tilt Parenting
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TPP 040: Margaret Webb on What To Do When Grandparents or Extended Family Don't Understand our Child
TPP 039: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About ADHD & Setting Goals
TPP 038: Dr. Jenna Flowers on How to Practice Conscious Coparenting
TPP 037: All About Autistic Girls, with Julie George
TPP 036: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About Diagnoses, Labels, and Stigmas
TPP 034: Kanesha Baynard on Navigating Multigenerational Dynamics With Our Parents and In-Laws
TPP 033: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About Being a Kid with ADHD
TPP 032: How to Eliminate Control Battles With Your Differently-Wired Teen, with Neil Brown
TPP 031: The Unique Challenges of Raising a Differently-Wired Child of Color, with Tarice Gray
TPP 030: 12-year-old Asher Talks with David Flink, a Leader in the Learning Rights Movement
TPP 029: Lifestyle Expert Samantha Ettus on Finding Work-Life Balance as a Mom
TPP 028: Understanding and Combatting Negative Stigmas Associated with Neurological Differences
TPP 027: 12-year-old Asher Talks About Whether or Not Parents Should Ban Certain Video Games
TPP 026: Emotional Intelligence and "Perfectly-Flawed Parenting" with Amy Steindler
TPP 025: Amberlynn Slavin Talks About SnapType, Her App for Kids with Dysgraphia & Dyslexia
TPP 024: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About Carol Dweck's MINDSET
TPP 023: Tilt Founder Debbie Reber Shares the TiLT Manifesto
TPP 022: Supporting Children with Learning and Attention Issues with Understood.org
TPP 021: 12-year-old Asher Talks About Life as a Homeschooled Kid
TPP 020: Casey O'Roarty on Positive Discipline and Neurodivergent Children
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution
Dr. Laura Call of the Day
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
The Art of War
Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali
Calm Parenting Podcast