Parenting Neurodivergent Children

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It’s tempting for us to use our children’s successes or failures to measure OUR success as parents. But tangling ourselves up with our children this way is not only a recipe for disappointment and frustration (on both sides), it also stands in the way of REALLY loving and accepting our children for who they are. The sooner we recognize how little control we actually have over our children, the sooner we can let go of the fantasy that they prove or disprove our sufficiency (and the sooner we can get to work ACTUALLY loving them). To love our children is to see and value them for the unique individuals they are and offer our best to them. As humbling and refining of a practice parenting is, it is even more so for those who face the unique challenges and gifts of raising a child with special needs. In this NEW episode of Navigating the Spectrum, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Michelle Portlock to discuss her personal experience with parenting a neurodivergent child. The discussion covers the importance of compassion (for yourself, your spouse, your child, and your circumstances), and thoughts about how parents can work together to reduce anxiety / stress, improve communication, and foster a nurturing, supportive relationship with each other and their child(ren). **You can learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife's How to Talk To Your Kids About Sex Course HERE**

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0:00.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr Finlason Fife.
0:22.0	Hey everyone, We have upgraded the How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex Course and it is
0:28.5	both expanded in length, updated in terms of content, and just really a far superior course.
0:35.0	I really hope you'll take advantage of this course that will help you as a parent
0:40.0	to know how to help your kids develop sexual integrity, that is develop a better relationship
0:46.5	to their God-given sexuality and to create more alignment between their values and their choices.
0:53.4	Thanks everyone.
0:54.4	Hi, welcome to navigating the spectrum with Michelle Portlock.
1:00.2	I'm your host Michelle Portlock,
1:01.6	and I'm so happy that you join me today.
1:03.7	Today I have a special guest and her name is Dr. Jennifer Finlison Fife and I'm so
1:11.5	excited to have Jennifer on the podcast.
1:14.5	I told her I was going to just use her first name.
1:17.2	Jennifer focuses on marriage and intimacy
1:20.4	and has worked with hundreds of couples
1:22.4	and helping them see themselves more clearly as individuals within their marital relationships.
1:29.0	And then how we as marriage partners can address our own role as a committed partner.
1:35.3	So Jennifer, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:38.0	Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:40.0	Oh, I'm so happy that you said yes and particularly because I've had multiple people reaching out over the last few weeks asking about their marriages and they are parents that are raising children with disabilities and
1:59.2	Neurodivergent children who really require us to show up. I don't know if I'd even say
2:06.6	differently but maybe for me it was different. I had to learn how to show up in a
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