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Extreme demand avoidance might best be thought of a personality profile: high emotional reactivity, low agreeableness, and low conscientiousness.

Personality traits can change over time through family- and parent-based treatment.

Here's how.

Anxiety might not be the engine of PDA. Research suggests instead it might be the exhaust. 

Dame Uta Frith sounds the alarm and draws harsh attacks

When echo chambers drown out expertise, misinformation cashes in.

Why Unproven Treatments Seem to

'Work' for Kids

Why parents of kids with mental health conditions have been talked out of it.

Democrats dismiss social influences on trans kids, Republicans see it too often.

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is controversial. How can we

find common ground?

 How the concept of masking in kids

has been hijacked by social media in

very unhelpful ways.

 Embrace high expectations with support to help kids thrive.

What parents and therapists can do to help children stop avoiding school

What parents can do to mitigate the negative effects of screen time. 

An effective alternative to using restraints.

A deep-dive into IFFT (IFFT was formerly IIFT)

Try Pause, Earn and

Return Reinforcement 

It’s those darn screens—and not just your kid’s screens, but likely yours as well.

Engaging kids during temper tantrums runs counter to the scientific evidence.

Parents, you don't have to attend every argument you're invited to!

How to use the debated parenting technique—even with defiant and challenging kids