What do I do when I'm worried that something is wrong with my kid?

How do I know if my kid is developing okay?

These are questions I hear a lot.

Today, we're talking about what do you do when you're concerned that your kid might have a delay, a deficit, or a developmental difference?

At least once a month, I get a call from a friend about this who has concerns about their child.

So in this episode, I'm going to be talking to you just like I talked to my friends.

This is just one short podcast episode.

I'm certainly not going to be able to cover absolutely every aspect of developmental differences and delays and what to do when what not to do.

But I'm going to try to keep it simple and straightforward and give you some resources to get started.

Hi, this is Dene.

I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler, more intentional life.

In this show, we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load.

My perspectives are based in my firsthand experience raising kids, but also rooted in my PhD in child development.

So you're going to hear conversations that are based in research, but more importantly, real life.

Thanks for joining us.

So I'm not kidding when I say I get a call from a friend or real life friend at least once a month, who has concerns about their kid.

And without fail, that friend always feels like they're the only one.

It can be a scary thing to talk about, a scary thing to share, frankly, just a scary thing to say out loud when you have concerns about your kid.

Sometimes we spend a lot of time thinking about these concerns, never voicing them, maybe talking about them with our partners,

but not being really sure what to do with the information, what the next best step is, or if there should even be a next step.

In last week's episode, we talked about ADHD and motherhood, and I made a comment in that episode that there are a lot of people with ADHD or ADHD tendencies, characteristics of ADHD, who listen to the podcast.

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