u/dizzybutcute

I’ve been a super loyal & daily listener since like 2021 and lately I’ve been so frustrated. I totally understand wanting to keep their private life private…but they used to share more, right? We’re all growing with them, so the constant talk about Off Campus or Love Island is so mind numbing to me. I keep holding out hope that they’ll talk more about motherhood or family or anything real. It feels like when it’s personal talk, it’s SO hard to relate to because they’re so wealthy that I don’t understand their champagne problems. (I don’t hate the wealthy either like pop off girls but does your audience really care about birkens and jewelry and designer clothes, luxury cars and elaborate vacations?). It just is so crazy to me that you host a daily podcast with your sister and you’re living together for the summer and all we get are ads and the most mind numbing pop culture?? I sound so negative lol and it’s literally a pop culture podcast so I shouldn’t complain, I guess in my 5 years listening I thought the podcast would kind of evolve with its listeners. They seem to just never struggle with ANYTHING real. And I’m sure that’s not true, I’m just finding it increasingly difficult to listen to. I was SO put off listening to Claudia talk about The Masked Singer - how entitled are you??? You get this crazy opportunity and all you do is complain about it? Do I sound crazy?? 😂

My son is 5.5, diagnosed ASDL1 and combined presentation ADHD 6 months ago. He was kicked out of pre-k at a private school because of his emotional regulation issues and I’ve been in no man’s land ever since just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. He does ABA 15 hours/week and is it possible it’s making things worse? It’s been almost 3 months and the meltdowns have increased and he seems to be mimicking the sounds that the other nonverbal kids make during these meltdowns (I have not seen any other kids there who are conversational which also makes me feel like this isn’t the right place for my kid specifically). He’s been in OT for almost a year and he’s on Guanfacine which initially was a miracle for helping him to calm down but the meltdowns are back full force. We got his IEP and he’s expected to be in gen ed for kindergarten with some pull outs. But I just got a call from our church that he needs to be moved to a room specializing in special needs because it’s not working in a room with his peers because of his meltdowns...church is one hour once a week, how in the world is he supposed to do kindergarten? I’m so stressed out. He’s too high functioning for most autism-centric things, but clearly can’t be in a “typical” setting either. This lack of emotional regulation has held our family hostage for as long as I can remember and nothing seems to work. Is it reasonable to expect that he’d be learning how to manage his emotions? Or that meltdowns wouldn’t last 45-60 minutes anymore? Desperate for any advice, things that worked for you, anything at all. Thank you 🩵