TPP 469: Helping Neurodivergent Girls Know They’re Enough, with Kate Rope
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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I'm Debbie Reber, and this is Full Tilt Parenting. Today, we're talking about raising girls, what it means to help them feel strong in both body and mind, and how we as parents can nurture that confidence from a very early age. My guest to talk about this is Kate Rope. She's an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, and many other outlets. She's also the author of the brand new book, Strong as a Girl. your guide to raising girls who know, stand up for, and take care of themselves, as well as strong as a mother. And she's a mom on a mission to help us all raise strong humans. So in this conversation, Kate will share her insights on empowerment, self-compassion, and listening deeply to our daughters, as well as the role parents play in creating a supportive environment in raising strong girls.
We also dive more deeply into the experiences of girls on the margins, including neurodivergent girls, and how we can help all of our kids develop a strong, steady inner voice. If you're raising a girl, especially a girl between the ages of five and 12, you're going to love this one. And don't forget, you can now watch this episode on the Full Tilt Parenting YouTube channel. So I would love it if you go over there and subscribe. We're really trying to build up our audience over there so the YouTube algorithm promotes important conversations like these with the parents who need them. Thank you so much. And now here is my conversation with Kate Rope. Hey, Kate, welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much for having me.
I'm so excited to be here. As always, I have a lot of questions here. And for some reason, the first question I wrote is why this book? Why right now? And as I'm reading that, I sound like some hard hitting journalist. And that's not what I want to do.
Why did Kate Rope decide to write *Strong as a Girl* now?
What I want to do is ask you, how did you come about feeling the need to write your new book, which is just out? It's called Strong as a Girl, your guide to raising girls who know stand up for and take care of themselves. So I'd love to know a little bit about your story and what brought you to write this book.
Yeah, so it's a journey because of the space between conceiving of it and selling it and then actually being able to write it. So I'm a mom of two girls and I was raised by a wonderful mom who instilled a lot of strength in me and taught me how to be strong and kind and I dedicated the book to her. So it wasn't so much that I was trying to do something I didn't have, but I was just really thinking about what are the foundational aspects I want to make sure my girls have knowing the challenges that can face women girls just in general in society, if anybody who is female identifying as well as specific to the moment we're in. So that was the goal. This was kind of the book I always wanted to write.
And I started working on it years ago, I don't even remember maybe 2019. And at the time, when I first wrote the proposal, it was during the Me Too movement. And I might have even had a a working tagline that was like raising the not me generation. You know, it was really in response to that moment of people coming out and speaking openly about what they had experienced in the workplace, you know, abuse, assault, et cetera. And so there was sort of that backdrop when I first created the proposal. And then many things happened. I did a podcast with audible and then I worked at a suicide prevention nonprofit and time elapsed. And at the point that I started really getting it back out again with an agent and
the landscape had changed, like the conversations around gender and gender fluidity and neurodivergence and all these things had really exploded.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:11
2
Why did Kate Rope decide to write *Strong as a Girl* now?
2:11–12:19
3
How can parents build a strong foundation for girls ages 5‑12 before the “rapids” hit?
12:19–19:08
4
What does it mean to shift from self‑esteem to self‑worth for young girls?
19:08–25:11
5
Why is validating emotions like anger crucial for girls’ development?
25:11–31:48
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How does the book address the unique challenges of neurodivergent girls?
31:48–37:03
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What role does universal design play in supporting all girls, including those with disabilities?
37:03–38:43
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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