Laura Dowling

Do you have any idea?

No.

And then, you know, you said it's a relatively new thing that people are learning about.

The term was coined in the 80s.

Okay.

But it's always been there.

It's the same way autism was always in there.

But these children in the past, how were they treated?

Or how were they managed when parents didn't even... I get it.

And I know that children say that may have...

been labelled as bold in school.

Actually, it turned out they had ADHD or all of these kinds of things.

So what was life like for those children years and years ago?

What effect has it had on your relationship with your husband?

Because this type of child or it can have a strain on families and a strain on marriages.

How have you coped?

We even had to rearrange the podcast because when we originally planned it, it was going to be too late for you to be able to get back home to put him to bed and that wasn't it.

Did your husband go out at all for dinner or?

Daytime.

And people might think, like, oh, is this just an excuse for...