Best of: Legos, Alone Time, and Adjusted Expectations: How to Survive the Holidays with Neurodiverse Kids

About this episode

The episode shares holiday survival tips for parents of neurodiverse kids, focusing on managing schedules and adjusting expectations.

As parents of neurodiverse kids, navigating the holidays can be…. a lot. Trying to get our kids to tolerate all the events, all the activities, and all the routine changes on top of everything else is exhausting, frustrating, and quite frankly, maybe not worth it for us and our kids. And who says we actually have to do all of this stuff anyway? In today’s episode, we’re sharing our best holiday tips for surviving the holiday season, including managing schedules, adjusting the gift-giving proc...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gwen, Kristen

Topics covered

• neurodiversity
• holidays
• parenting tips
• gift-giving
• schedules
• family activities

Keywords

• neurodiverse kids
• holiday tips
• parenting
• adjusted expectations
• family activities
• gift-giving
• schedules

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