Dr. Vince Culotta shared a new client, a 14 year old girl, started eating a very limited pasta-only diet and had lost weight. Dr. Lisa Rice and Dr. Margaux Brown explored the case with Vince. They discussed the mom’s controlling language and the daughter’s limited areas to exhibit choice and self-control - other than eating. The team talked about choice at different ages and family interventions.

In this episode, Vince, Lisa, and Margaux talk about girls with ADHD and offer some advice to parents about how to recognize the signs of ADHD in girls and how to begin to take steps to assist their daughters. Parents and teachers often miss girls who might seem "lazy" or unmotivated; however, these girls are actually struggling with a very real disability. Listen in to find out more.

Drs. Lisa Rice, Vince Culotta, and Margaux Brown discussed the brain-based challenges for girls with executive function deficits and how these affect social skills. The experts discussed clinical experiences with students and clients and provided suggestions for moms to friendship-making for daughters with ADHD.

Have you experienced your daughter’s classmate or friend as rigid or uncompromising? Maybe you avoid trying new things because it’s always a fight, or she requires others in the family to accommodate her needs. Dr. Lisa Rice and Dr. Margaux Brown discussed that a difficult temperament, an inborn trait, may be underlying this resistance, and explored ways to parent with - not against this characteristic.

Dr. Lisa Rice and Dr. Margaux Brown discussed the not-uncommon and human experience of favoring one child in the family over others. Unknowingly to the best-intended moms, this bias has consequences for the favored daughter and siblings. The hosts discussed how much of the Mothers' childhood may come into play.

Listen to Dr. Lisa Rice and Dr. Margaux Brown discussing the importance of ending well and saying goodbye. They discuss common reactions to endings and then a process for healthily saying goodbye.