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

TPP 495: Schooling, Detours, and Launch — What I’d Do (and Not Do) Again

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

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this short solo episode, Debbie responds to a question she hears from many parents navigating unconventional education paths: looking back, what would youchange—and what wouldn’t you—about your twice-exceptional young adult’s schooling journey. Debbie will share why there’s no perfect path, what she's glad she did (including embracing flexibility and a gap year), and how she's learned to let go of timelines and trust that our kids are on their own trajectory—even when it looks different from everyone else’s. About Debbie Debbie Reber, MA is a parenting activist, bestselling author, speaker, and the CEO and founder of Tilt Parenting, a resource, top-performing podcast, consultancy, and community with a focus on shifting the paradigm for parents raising and embracing neurodivergent children. A regular contributor to Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine, and the author of more than a dozen books for children and teens, Debbie’s most recent book is Differently Wired: A Parent’s Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope. Resources mentioned  Dr. Dan Peters Discusses the Teen Years & Preparing for Navigating Launch (Tilt Parenting Podcast) Best Gap Year Programs for Neurodivergent Students (Thrive Autism Coaching) Dr  Eric Endlich on Gap Programs for Neurodivergent Students (Tilt Parenting Podcast) Debbie Talks About Her Transition to Homeschooling (Tilt Parenting Podcast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Debbie Reber and this is full-tilt parenting and this is a special short episode. I'm kind of

0:08.4

recording it spontaneously. But I got a question emailed to me and I realize I get a similar

0:14.2

question to this almost on a weekly basis. So I thought I would just jump on the mic and record an

0:19.3

answer. So this is the question that was submitted.

0:22.8

Now that your child is in college and 21 years old, after homeschool and then private school,

0:28.5

how are things going? Looking back on the schooling journey and the journey overall, is there

0:34.5

anything that you would change? Is there anything that you would not change?

0:38.5

Okay, so that's the question. And I spent some time really thinking about this and reflecting on

0:42.8

would I have changed anything? And if so, what? So since this is a shorter episode, I'm going to

0:48.8

take a pause now for sponsor break. And when I get back, I will share what I came up with when I reflected on this

0:56.1

question. I'll be right back. What I've dedicated my life to is revenge. A brand new drama

1:04.3

based on the bestselling novel. They think they're better than us. Who do you think you are?

1:08.3

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong. She's punishing me.

1:11.8

You destroyed my family.

1:13.1

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

1:15.8

A woman a substance on Channel 4.

1:17.7

Stream now.

1:19.6

Okay, if you're just joining me after the break, just to recap, I'm answering a question

1:23.8

that I got sent to me, and it's representative of a question I hear from parents a lot,

1:28.4

and that is now that my child is 21 years old, has launched into a university experience and

1:34.3

knowing how unconventional our schooling and my kid's childhood was, is there anything that we

1:40.5

would have changed, anything that we would not have changed. So I wanted to share

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