TPP 018: 11-year-old Asher Shares Challenges and Strategies Surrounding His Social Life
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What does Asher say about his current friendships and who are his closest friends?
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Maybe it's Maybelline. Hey, it's Debbie. For the month of March, Playback Friday episodes are focused on the complex social lives of our kids. If your child is struggling to find their people, navigating tricky peer dynamics, or just feeling out of step socially, these episodes from the archives are for you. And today's episode is actually one of the very first episodes I ever recorded. And it features a conversation between me and my then 11-year-old. Talk about a throwback. Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reaver, and today's episode features another conversation with my 11-year-old son Asher.
As I've mentioned in previous podcasts, we are getting lots of feedback from parents who say that they're co-listening to the Asher kid-focused episodes with their kids. and that they like hearing from another kid who sounds like them and is going through some of the same challenges as they are. So last week I reached out to members of the Tilt community and people on our Facebook page and asked for questions from these kid listeners directed specifically to Asher. We got a lot of responses, many of which were all about Asher's social life, how he makes friends, what he does when confronted with mean kids, and that sort of thing. We got questions on other topics as well, but for today's episode we decided to stick with talking about the social scene for differently wired kids.
If you want to be a part of the Tilt community, please join us by signing up at TiltParenting.com and join us on our active Facebook page at facebook.com slash TiltParenting. And now on with the show.
Hi, Asher. Hello, Mom, and various
viewers. The listeners are not really viewing us. I thought it might be helpful to maybe start by just kind of talking about who you are right now, your age and what your friendships are like right now. Like who are your closest friends and how did you guys meet? Well,
I'm eleven. I'll I'll be twelve in August and what was the third question again?
The third question was can you tell us about your close friendships and how you guys met?
Well, my best friend is called Seb.
And how did you instead meet?
I was in the fours class, which means four years old. So as you may guess, we've been friends for the majority of my life.
That's been a long time. Yeah. What makes you you two such good friends and how do you stay connected? Well thought. We
usually skip and Every week.
Yeah, you guys have been friends for more than half your life and for the past three years now that we've been living in Amsterdam, you've maintained a strong friendship through The magic of Skype. And what is it about your relationship with Seb that has worked and like what do you guys have in common? What makes you such good friends?
Well, we're both interested in the same thing. Like the ocean and base
and So you guys share a lot of the same interests. What do you do when you're together?
Usually talk about things. Maybe play some games.
Don't you also plot to take over the world?
Yeah, of course.
Maybe we shouldn't go into that though.
Yeah.
I mean then they'd see it coming. So you have Seb and then who are the other close friendships that you have?
Well, there's somebody called Sam.
Yeah, and tell us about Sam and what makes you guys good friends.
Well He's alive, he has hands and feet too.
How did Asher meet his long‑time friend Seb and what keeps their friendship strong?
Right, that's a good start.
Yeah.
being alive is always easily be able
to
recognize him. Well, he's a friend in Amsterdam, but what do you guys do together and what what makes you good friends?
Well, we like to go to museums and things.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Asher say about his current friendships and who are his closest friends?
0:00–4:11
2
How did Asher meet his long‑time friend Seb and what keeps their friendship strong?
4:11–8:11
3
What strategies does Asher use when he has a meltdowns in front of a friend?
8:11–11:22
4
How does Asher respond when other kids call him names or act mean?
11:22–14:49
5
What advice does Asher give for making friends after moving to a new school?
14:49–17:46
6
How does Asher handle group situations that don’t go his way or when peers push his buttons?
17:46–20:44
7
Why does Asher sometimes feel misunderstood and how is he working on better communication?
20:44–23:42
8
What final message does Asher share for kids struggling with friendships and social challenges?
23:42–26:46
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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