Episode 168: Neurodiversity And Teenagers

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What is neurodiversity and what does it mean to be neurodivergent? Today we talk about this broad category that covers autism-spectrum conditions as well as deficits in attention and other cognitive, learning issues. Why is neurodiversity becoming a popular term? Is this a useful category for our kids? Jessica and Dr. Ken talk about the possible drawbacks to this category. Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Mouth-That-Bites-You/dp/1514762374/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667269257&sr=8-1 Music provided by the great John David Kent! - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	If you enjoy this podcast, would you mind leaving us a review?
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0:14.1	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:21.1	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:27.4	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:28.5	Hey, Jessica.
0:29.7	How's it going?
0:30.9	Good.
0:31.7	Hey, so I got this funny reel for my husband.
0:35.3	He sent it to me on Instagram.
0:36.9	He was, I guess, thought of me.
0:40.0	Real. It's a, what, a short video? It's like a short video. So he was, he saw something and thought
0:45.5	of me. He thought of us, actually. It was a couple. And the husband is laughing. And he's talking
0:50.4	about his wife. And he said, we just found out something interesting about our
0:54.2	relationship. He said, my wife here is neurodiverse. And she has, we just were discovering that when I go to
1:03.2	bed, I told her that my brain turns off. And she said, what do you mean your brain turns off? And he said,
1:08.1	well, it just silences and I go to sleep and I don't think about anything.
1:11.3	And she could not believe that I could actually not think about anything. And she said, the best my
1:17.1	brain will do is do, do, do do do do do do do do do do do do. And, you know, and I, he sent this to me.
1:22.6	My husband sent this to me because of course my brain never shuts off. His is he can he can turn it off and he can go to
1:29.0	sleep in about two and a half seconds. I mean it literally I have I've listened to him. It'll take him two
1:34.2	to three seconds, two or three breaths to fall asleep. Don't they say that's a sign of a clear
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