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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

TPP 313a: Dr. Devorah Heitner on Online Safety and Internet “Rabbit Holes” and Neurodivergent Kids

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today is an important conversation about online communities and internet rabbit holes. And I felt pulled to tackle this topic for the show because I know that the past few years in particularly has been a time where differently wired kids have beenspending a LOT more time online and connecting with people they may not have even meant in real life and doing their identity development largely online. And I also know that this can put our kids, and us as their parents and caregivers, in challenging positions as we navigate a seemingly endless stream of discourse that may lead our kids down the wrong paths. So I asked my friend and screen and tech expert Dr. Devorah Heitner to join me for a frank and open conversation about it all. We talked about the ways differently wired kids might be exposed to harmful content, and why our kids may be more susceptible to toxic or unhealthy virtual rabbit holes in the first place, the popular places where teens and kids are hanging out the most right now, the way our kids’ worldview and their brain development is impacted they content their engaging with, and what we parents might not know that we should know about regarding this topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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worth getting the fancy plates out for. Waitrose, the home of food lovers. Selected stores subject to

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availability. Hey, it's Debbie. For the month of October, I'll be sharing some of my favorite past

0:34.6

episodes relating to all things tech and screens. So every Friday this month,

0:39.2

you'll find an episode on your full Tilt Parenting feed on topics like gaming, internet rabbit holes,

0:44.8

and navigating screen time. So if your child's relationship with technology is something you're

0:49.9

grappling with, these are for you. Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and

0:57.6

conversations aimed in inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.

1:03.2

I'm your host, Debbie Reaver. So today is an important conversation about online communities

1:09.2

and internet rabbit holes. And I felt pulled to tackle

1:13.1

this topic for the show because I know that the past few years in particular has been a time

1:18.5

where differently wired kids have been, A, spending a lot more time online and connecting

1:23.6

with people they may not have even met in real life, and be engaged in their identity

1:29.4

development largely online as a result of COVID. And I also know that this can put our kids and

1:36.0

us as their parents and caregivers in challenging positions as we navigate a seemingly

1:41.1

endless stream of discourse that may lead our kids down the wrong path.

1:46.3

So I asked my friend and screen and tech expert Dr. DeVore Heitner to join me for a frank

1:51.8

and open conversation about all of it. We talked about the ways differently wired kids might be

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