Marriage and PDA: Living the low demand way
How do you create a low-demand partnership while raising neurodivergent kids? This week, I sit down with Lindsay and Daryl Flanagan—fellow low-demand parents—who share their journey of shifting from traditional parenting to a more intuitive, needs-centered approach. We explore how dropping demands for each other and for our children has transformed their relationship and family life.
In this episode, we discuss:
✔️ Letting go of traditional expectations in relationships and parenting.
✔️ Navigating marriage when one or both partners are neurodivergent.
✔️ The power of humor, shorthand phrases, and texting in low-demand communication.
✔️ How to balance needs and avoid resentment in a partnership.
✔️ Understanding PDA in both kids and adults—and how it impacts relationships.
✔️ Why acknowledging capacity (not intent) is key to mutual respect.
If you’re wondering how to create a partnership that thrives alongside parenting neurodivergent kids, this episode is for you! 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
More Resources:
- Follow Lindsay (with cameos from Daryl) on Instagram
- Discover Lindsay’s courses, coaching, and community through Hive Parents
- Brooke from No Pressure PDA – insight on humor as a signal of safety.
- Low Demand Parenting book: a love letter to exhausted, overwhelmed parents everywhere. Get the first chapter free!
- Why is everything with my kid so hard?: Take the quiz to find your first step forward!
- Low Demand Parenting Blog: a treasure trove of low demand wisdom
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