Ep. 4 | Why Your Child Struggles to Make Friends

SUMMARY -

In this episode, Eileen explains why so many kids and teens with brain-based differences struggle to make and keep friends, and how parents can support their children by building the cognitive skills required to be in relationship with peers.

TAKEAWAYS

• Why the process of making and keeping friends creates nearly universal challenges for kids and teens with brain-based differences.
• How to see this challenge through a Brain First Parenting lens (vs a behavioral lens).
• The specific lagging cognitive skills that get in the way of your child or teen having successful peer relationships.
• How parents can help their children grow in these cognitive skills.
• Common experiences for the parent of a child who struggles with making and keeping friends and why it's important to recognize the emotions this common struggles can bring to the forefront as a parent.

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