u/Otherwise-Chemist565

How to get husband on board with PDA parenting

He is middle eastern, old school and while he does believe in adhd and autism as he can see how it has affected his own life as well as mine, he still thinks children should be displicined old school and always show respect and listen to mom and dad. He views PDA parenting as a form of gentle parenting. I understand you can’t make anyone do anything but is there someone who could maybe help him understand. A behavioural therapist?

I think it will be very effective with my son as he is ‘high functioning’ (sorry hate that word) and masks a lot. I also know pda parenting won’t be very effective if two parents are both not on board.

This is the challenges of having children in a marriage I guess. Yeah you may agree on how you will raise them, screen time limits, what foods they eat, what time they go to bed etc etc. But having a neurodivergent child and learning as you go can definitely be challenging as times for both parties

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u/Otherwise-Chemist565 — 19 hours ago

I wanna put 2 washing machines in my house is it counter productive?

Myself and kids personally all wear cotton except for gym wear. My husband still wears a lot of plastic clothes (his aware but doesn’t care). We have lounge covers made of polyester. All this stuff I don’t really like to be mixed with my kids clothes and sheets.

I’m not sure if this is insane but and taking it too far. Do you guys do anything else that works? The way I see it is that microplastics never never be removed from clothes and stay in every load

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I love cars but have kids and I’m expected to buy a house

Not sure what the point of this post is. I get the benefits of owning an a to b car and then putting a car on top of a mortgage but I can’t help feeling what if I never even get to do that. I am returning to full time work soon. I love cars and use to do local Motorsport racing events when I was 18 and I really enjoyed it. A hobby I guess you could say. I enjoy working on cars and making them nice and have better performance.

Is there a compromise here or is it really one or the other?

I currently have a reliable family Honda car. It hasn’t caused me any problems since I got it (it’s 12 years old) which goes to show how great they are. If I had a sports car right now I know that wouldn’t be the case but I still miss it lol

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u/Otherwise-Chemist565 — 3 days ago