The Fringy Bit reBoot

It's not March Madness - it's March Meltdowns! Loving a differently wired person means walking through a variety of metldowns with them. This month The Fringy Bit reBoot is tackling the topic to bring more understanding, validation, strategies, and knowledge that you are NOT alone! Let's not forget the incredible impact growing up with meltdowns can have on siblings! Listen in as a younger sibling shares his feelings, thoughts, frustrations, and experiences of growing up in the shadows of intense autism meltdowns. 

It's not March Madness - it's March Meltdowns! Loving a differently wired person means walking through a variety of metldowns with them. This month The Fringy Bit reBoot is tackling the topic to bring more understanding, validation, strategies, and knowledge that you are NOT alone! It's not easy to dissect and discuss what life inside the storm of a meltdown looks like, but that's just what Kaelyn does during this episode of the Fringy Bit reBoot. Hear from the source of a twice exceptional teen about how meltdowns feel to her, how she understands them, and what she most needs from the people around her. Through her experiences you can understand your own kiddo better and find some tips and tricks to navigate meltdowns in your family!

It's not March Madness - it's March Meltdowns! Loving a differently wired person means walking through a variety of metldowns with them. This month The Fringy Bit reBoot is tackling the topic to bring more understanding, validation, strategies, and knowledge that you are NOT alone! Meltdowns can be difficult enough to navigate when you're the parent from birth, but what about parent figures who join a family years into the process of understanding how your kiddo is wired and what they need? Antwan and Heather share stories and strategies to navigate step-parenting during meltdowns.

It's not March Madness - it's March Meltdowns! Loving a differently wired person means walking through a variety of metldowns with them. This month The Fringy Bit reBoot is tackling the topic to bring more understanding, validation, strategies, and knowledge that you are NOT alone! In this episode, Heather shares her experiences parenting through meltdowns and provides wisdome about the actual reasons for meltdowns and how to respond helpfully, while also looking out for yourself.

How do you show affection to someone who hates to be touched? Or keep loving when their meltdowns send them on the attack? This month the Fringy Bit reBoot focuses on affection when loving someone who's wired a bit differently. In episode 4, younger brother, Chimp, joins Heather to share his perspective of neurodivergence, what it's like as a younger sibling to an autistic sister, and how does he share affection with his siblings.

How do you show affection to someone who hates to be touched? Or keep loving when their meltdowns send them on the attack? This month the Fringy Bit reBoot focuses on affection when loving someone who's wired a bit differently. In episode 3, Antwan Morris joins Heather to talk about building affection with neurodiverse kids as he's moved into the role of stepdad. 

How do you show affection to someone who hates to be touched? Or keep loving when their meltdowns send them on the attack? This month the Fringy Bit reBoot focuses on affection when loving someone who's wired a bit differently. In episode two we hear from Kaelyn, a 15-year-old autistic girl who shares strategies to build trust and relationship with neurodiverse kids, how to decipher neurodivergent behaviors that show affection, and what neurodivergence means to her.

How do you show affection to someone who hates to be touched? Or keep loving when their meltdowns send them on the attack? This month the Fringy Bit reBoot focuses on affection when loving someone who's wired a bit differently. In episode one, Heather gives her two bits about parenting and loving when the warm fuzzies are non-existent.

Listen in on another great conversation with another great mom! Nikki talks to Heather about life as a fringy mom, the ways she’s grown due to autism, the great parts and the difficult parts of this fringy life, and so much more.

With our second mom2mom chat Heather spends the hour with Linda, talking all things fringy mom. Listen in as we talk about parents experience when school isn’t quite fitting right, the decision to homeschool, and how to feed your own wellness as a gifted adult with fringy kids.

Heather and Jon are taking a brief hiatus to regroup and produce more great Fringy content for you! We’ll be back with full episodes on May 3rd, but in the meantime, enjoy this audio version of one of the Fringy Bit blogs!  

Heather and Jon are taking a brief hiatus to regroup and produce more great Fringy content for you! We’ll be back with full episodes on May 3rd, but in the meantime, enjoy this audio version of one of the Fringy Bit blogs!

Listen in as Heather and Jon chat with award-winning film maker Marc Smolowitz about his upcoming film "The G Word". As most conversations with gifted, creative folks go, this episode covers a plethora of topics, including the upcoming film, anti-intellectualism, generational theory, and who gets to be gifted in the American system.

Listen in on our first mom2mom chat as Heather welcomes Katie to the Fringy Bit! Heather and Katie chat about the particular pressures put on moms of differently wired kids, the day to day realities of Katie’s life, and the challenges of parenting other kids in addition to our Fringy ones.

Heather and Jon have talked about the why’s, what’s, and who’s of trauma and the impact of trauma, and in this episode they share strategies on how to address it when trauma is triggered.  

Heather and Jon continue this month’s topic by considering the lasting impact of trauma.

Heather and Jon kick off the topic of the month by discussing just what, exactly, trauma is. In this episode we explore big T traumas, little t traumas, and trauma particular to our differently wired community.

Ok so a lot of it is basically going to be the same stuff you’ve grown to love, or at least tolerate, but we have decided it was time to make a few changes. Listen up as Heather ad Jon fill you in on all the great newness and also chat a tiny bit about trauma.

So often we try to make decisions or solve problems without talking to our kids. In this episode, Heather and Jon chat about the whys and ways to include the kids in the conversations about their lives. And, in true Fringy style, they veer off down a few rabbit trails that include Nazi Germany and food stories from their childhoods.

Spend some time with Heather and Jon as they talk about what happens when the predictable becomes unpredictable and consider the importance of teaching our Fringy kids wellness habits.