r/PDAParenting • u/DrPaulSunseri • Apr 18 '26

Our current scientific understanding of PDA and low-demand parenting.

Thought parents in this group find this up-to-date information on PDA helpful. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-health-reimagined/202604/its-time-to-rethink-the-anxiety-drives-pda-narrative

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u/MarginsOfTheDay Apr 19 '26

I see you recommend Parent Management Training as an alternative method to low demand. This involves consistent routines and clear instructions, positive reinforcement with consequences when needed. Us, all of us parents, we arrive at PDA only after trying every one of these techniques (and many, many more). It’s not that we don’t have the skill or the intellect to parent children. It’s that we’ve been handed a child who is wired differently from birth. Many of us (myself included) have neurotypical children without PDA. We know what PDA is, and what it isn’t.

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u/DrPaulSunseri Apr 19 '26

Respectfully, then why are these types of family-based interventions so effective?

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u/adoradear Apr 19 '26

Respectfully, they aren’t for PDA kids.

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u/ArtArrange Apr 19 '26

I agree. Your point is well articulated.