Is PDA just ‘bad parenting’? We reveal truth about controversial condition – and how tooth brushing battle is ‘key sign’

ALL children throw tantrums if they don’t want to do something – empty the dishwasher, lay the table, tidy shoes away… So ...
Netmums

'To the outsider it looks like lazy parenting' – Izzy Judd share's child's life-changing condition that's 'often misunderstood'

Izzy Judd reveals what life is like raising a child with pathological demand avoidance and how she's learned to parent ...
The Independent on MSN

What is pathological demand avoidance? Condition explained after Harry Judd’s child diagnosed

What is pathological demand avoidance? Condition explained after Harry Judd’s child diagnosed - McFly drummer’s wife has said ...

McFly drummer Harry Judd’s child given life-changing diagnosis, reveals star’s wife Izzy

ONE of McFly drummer Harry Judd’s three children has been given a life-changing health diagnosis, as revealed by his wife ...

Just like Harry Judd, my child has Pathological Demand Avoidance. It's not bad parenting. It's a real condition and this is what it's really like

The 'A' word was first mentioned when Eddie was a toddler and had speech and learning delays, but we didn't join the NHS ...
The Irish Times

‘My 12-year-old daughter won’t do anything she is told to do’

My 12-year-old daughter’s opposition and meltdowns is making our family life miserable. She won’t do anything she is told to do. Simple requests, such as coming to the table for dinner, getting ...
Psychology Today

When Simple Requests Trigger Big Reactions

It’s incredibly frustrating—and exhausting—when you have a child who refuses to take “no” for an answer, pushes back against every limit, and melts down in response to everyday requests like “brush ...