When People-Pleasing Hurts Your Child (Part 1)

About this episode

The episode discusses the negative impact of people-pleasing in parenting, particularly in advocating for neurodivergent children in educational settings.

What was your biggest Takeaway from this Episode! I would Love to hear from you! In this powerful Part 1 conversation, Empowering Women in Conversations host Anita Sandoval, LPC, is joined by Gladys A. Cortez, MS, LPC-S, RPT, CRC, TF-CBT, EMDR-Trained, to explore the hidden cost of people-pleasing in parenting — especially when advocating for neurodivergent children within school systems. Many parents stay quiet in IEP, ARD, and 504 meetings because they don’t want to be labeled “difficult,” ...

People in this episode

Host: Anita Sandoval

Guest: Gladys A. Cortez

Topics covered

• people-pleasing
• parenting
• neurodivergent children
• advocacy
• school systems

Keywords

• people-pleasing
• parenting
• neurodivergent
• IEP
• advocacy
• school meetings
• ARD
• 504 plans

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