Ep 29: Adoption, Firefighting, and off to College. Breaking down our 7 month hiatus

About this episode

Gwen and Kristen return after a seven-month hiatus to share updates and stories about raising neurodivergent kids.

We didn’t mean to disappear for seven months… okay, maybe we did. But we’re back! Turns out, living through existential dread and trying to raise neurodivergent kids is a full-time gig (with no PTO). But we’ve surfaced—with stories, updates, and an entire dragon-themed Zoom backdrop Gwen can’t figure out how to remove. In this catch-up episode, Gwen and Kristen are dishing out all the highs, lows, awkward award nights, top hat choices, and job transitions their neurodivergent kids have been n...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gwen, Kristen

Topics covered

• adoption
• neurodiversity
• parenting
• hiatus
• family updates

Keywords

• adoption
• neurodivergent
• parenting
• family
• updates
• hiatus
• stories

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