If you have a neurodivergent child, you may have heard of Low Demand Parenting. This parenting approach aims to reduce stress for kids with highly sensitive nervous systems to keep them out of fight-or-flight mode by reducing demands and expectations they are having trouble meeting. Although this approach is often talked about as a way of parenting neurodiverse kids, it has a lot to offer parents of all kids. As a chronically ill parent to two kids with high support needs, I’ve found Low Demand Parenting to be enormously helpful at reducing stress in our home and adjusting to my body’s…
Author: Allyson Wendt
Allyson Wendt
Allyson Wendt writes, edits, and runs a sewing business in Vermont, where she lives with her two children, her service dog Dahlia, and her cat Simone.