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THE PDA PARENT PODCAST
What if most of what we’ve been told about PDA actually keeps our kids stuck — and there’s a better way to help them thrive? Host Kirk Martin, a PDA dad with a PDA son, shares insights, strategies, and real-life experience to help your child with PDA grow confidence and capacity — without force, avoidance, or walking on eggshells. Visit https://CelebrateCalm.com/PDA to learn more.
Episodes
- THE PDA PARENT PODCAST
Is PDA Really A Nervous System Disability? The Answer Has Profound Consequences. #25
I completely understand why empathetic parents and experts would claim that PDA is a nervous system disability. But I think it can lead to kids feeling a loss…
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The Secret to Motivate PDA Kids Internally When They Reject Every External Demand #24
Constant demand avoidance can leave you feeling exhausted and stuck. But behind the refusal lies an utterly fascinating internal world where your kids are…
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Dads: 8 Minutes To Become The Calm, Authoritative Leader Your Kids & Wife Respect #23
When your child digs refuses to listen, your instinct as a Dad is just like mine was: “I can’t let this kid get away with this. How will this child ever…
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I Am Concerned Our PDA Kids Won’t Launch In the Real World. Alternatives to Screens & Burnout. #22
I don’t do fear with parenting, but I am genuinely concerned about mainstream PDA advice that is handicapping many of our kids and robbing them of their…
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Everything Can Be Challenging With A Child with PDA! #21
What other parents take for granted can be a huge struggle for your child—and for you. Because you are likely that exhausted caregiver just trying to get…
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4 Options for Handling Tough Situations With PDA Kids #20
Your kids are going to resist, feel anxious about, want to quit, or refuse to try new experiences such as summer camp. There isn't just one way to handle this…
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PDA Kids Demanding & Saying Mean Things? 7 Minutes, 1 Big Idea. #19
Your child yells and demands that you bring them food or do something for them, and when you do, they berate you for not doing it right. The conventional…
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Ask Your Child If You Have Pathological Demand Acceptance? #18
Many parents going through our PDA Parent Program said this question has helped them see their child with PDA in a completely different way and changed their…
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Getting PDA Kids To Dentist, On Plane (I Disagree with “Not Won’t. Can’t.”) #17
How can you get kids with PDA to do hard things like go to the dentist or get on an airplane? The common sentiment, “Not Won’t. Can’t” can be debilitating for…
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PDA Kids Who Feel Wronged: 8 Ways To Deal With Unfairness & Losing At Board Games #16
Do you have a child with PDA who struggles with feeling wronged, who misinterprets others’ intentions, or who doesn’t deal well with unfairness like a brother…
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When Your PDA Child Struggles With Authority Figures At School #15
Your kids will and should struggle with a more authoritarian approach at school. They may roll their eyes at a teacher or resist that “because I said so”…
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PDA & School: How To Help Teachers Help Your Child #14
How can we help teachers understand PDA? What specific tools will help our kids with PDA in the classroom? What is really important and what isn’t? I give you…
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Should You Let Your Kids Demand That You Bring Them Food? #13
I want to give you reasonable alternatives to delivering food to your child’s room AND a challenge that may or may not work…but would be fascinating to try!…
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Why Your Child’s Fierce Autonomy is Good & How to Get Husbands/Siblings To Understand #12
If you misunderstand your child’s motives and need for autonomy, it will provoke fierce defiance, pain, and pushback. I want to show you exactly how to help…
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Child Won’t Go Anywhere, Rejects School Work #11
You have been here before. You may be in this situation now. Your child has shut down and refuses to do anything. You can’t force, bribe, convince, or…
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Motivating A PDA Child? Discover What They Care About #10
Your kids will take risks, be vulnerable, do hard things, and use their big hearts when they care about something. But it can’t be at your urging and they…
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PDA, Perfectionism, Physical Illness & School Refusal #9
Do you have a child with PDA who struggles with perfectionism? This will cause our kids to lash out, get stuck, shut down, and be extremely frustrated. I want…
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We Got Our PDA/ADHD/ND Son Off Screens & Out of the House! #8
Some kids refuse to get off screens or go to school. Some refuse to leave their room. I know you never envisioned your home life being this challenging. Maybe…
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Hygiene & Bedtime Struggles with PDA Kids? 5 Quick, Creative Ideas #7
Does your child struggle with taking a shower, brushing teeth, and bedtime? This can be debilitating and cause daily stress and power struggles—and tension…
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Getting A Child With PDA (And Their Parents) Unstuck #6
It is so common for us to feel stuck as parents or paralyzed with fear when your child with PDA is resisting, shutting down, or anxious. But giving kids too…
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How to Address Unfairness When A Sibling Has ADHD, PDA, ND #5
Whether you have a child with ADHD, PDA, Dyslexia, SPD or any other difference, siblings ARE going to feel like they are being treated unfairly. I want to give…
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Kids With PDA Are NOT Demand Avoidant #4
Kids with PDA do not avoid demands. They categorically reject external demands that are deemed unnecessary…in order to focus on completing projects that are…
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When PDA Kids Resist | What My Son Taught Me About Anxiety #3
This is what children with PDA often feel: “I already know I am struggling. I don’t want to hear that another person is 100% focused on MY anxiety. I already…
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How To Get PDA Kids to Do Hard Things Without Accommodations #2
Our PDA kids will resist so many things. You can’t push, force, bribe, convince, or threaten them. It won’t work. But you can go way beyond giving…
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What It Feels Like To Be A Child with PDA #1
Why do your kids feel so frustrated and misunderstood? Are they really demand avoidant and controlling? Or are we missing something? This short episode…