David Tennant's wife, Georgia, reveals they have several neurodiverse children

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Explains a lot, doesn't it...

"We've got a lot of neurodiverse kids"

David Tennant's wife Georgia reveals several of their children are neurodiverse as she opens up on navigating family life | Daily Mail Online

Here's the podcast she discusses them on:

Georgia Tennant - Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things | Podcast on Spotify

Several of their children - how many children have they got??!

If they mean autism and adhd then I wish they would say that and not ‘neurodiverse’.

How is disclosing your child's private medical information to the media legal. These 2 grifters are constantly parading their ND trans kids for the press, personally I think it is exploitative and abusive.

Five kids, one of whom is a they/them that she put on Instagram at the age of 9-10 wearing a "let's get things straight - I'm not" t shirt.

To be fair, you cannot have a diverse individual - you need a group for that.

No shit Sherlock.

We didn't need a public announcement to know this.

OK I read it so no one else has to.
They have 5 children, 1 of which is just hers.
Of the 5, 2 have food issues.
The number who are officially ND isn't specified, but it is more than the 2 who have food issues.
So given that several isn't all, they have either 3 or 4 ND children.
Disclaimer- I only skim read but I standby the facts I believe I digested.
If anyone comes along with different numbers I'm not arguing though.

To summarise: 5 kids, 3 or 4 ND, 2 with food issues.
Mum has food issues too by the way.
The End. 😂

The accounts of homelife sounds like dysfunctional family rather than neurodiversity.
When she says negatively that she previously worked to fit in, she misses that many of us do that. I don't regret working to fit in and yes I'd rather food types were separate but I will eat it if touching because I'm not going to make anyone else feel unhappy.
I spent time with my DC when young calmly practising meal times so the routine became normal. What a shame they didn't try routines first as the majority of their DC may have benefited and now they're all labelled (possibly incorrectly).

I think the only issue those poor children have is having these two as parents. Shame on them.

That is despicable. She clearly has to get herself in the papers for any reason.

Your public service is gratefully received.

They are tedious.

This is a really mean thread. Speculating that they're poor parents because of a comment in a podcast. There's a genetic component to this so hardly surprising that several people in the same family could be affected.

Tbf I know families with up to 5 children, all diagnosed with autism. I'm in the special needs world so I meet plenty of other parents of asd kids and some do have lots of children.

It's particularly common in high achieving, rich families, where asd type traits have allowed the parents to earn loads of money in say banking, and having a huge family is seen as social one upmanship.

They tend to have lots of children very quickly and by the time anyone is starting to query asd say at primary school, they have 5 kids, all asd.

Anyway, Georgia herself talks about not wanting her food to touch, which is a common asd trait...

@Beamur would you have been ok with your parents discussing your private medical information with the press when you were a child?
I wouldn't and think it is abhorrent. They are clearly using their children to enhance their status, which is grim and exploitative.

Neurodiversity is not a medical term, because it means nothing. We are all neurodiverse. The term is neuro-atypical which is differences in the functioning of the brain OUTSIDE of the normal range. I find people only use that term when they don’t have a diagnosis.

There are lots of people who feel disconnected for lots of reasons, and social media + Covid has really ramped that up and torpedoed young people’s ability to engage in face to face socialisation.

I meant that it explains a lot about David Tennant leaping on the trans train...

They're poor parents because they are as above 'grifters' who are exploiting their children for attention.

I’m absolutely not a fan of the Tennants. But some of the comments on this thread are quite difficult to read as someone with a child with autism and adhd. It isn’t easy to get a diagnosis - the process is rigorous and thorough. My DD doesn’t misbehave - there are times when she is dysregulated as a result of her neurodivergence, but there isn’t a way to parent our way out of this. More structure and routines wouldn’t have changed who she is and it isn’t a parenting problem.

I just think we should be careful not to let dislike of the Tennants and their attention seeking, brainless behaviour tip into wider prejudice about nd children (or their parents).

That’s just horrible

“Misbehaving”. Seriously?

Parading your children’s ‘difficulties’ around SM is poor parenting. Some people prefer to dress up their poor parenting with ‘oh my children are ND’. It’s not a condition that can be diagnosed on SM. Those of us with direct experience of having children with ACTUAL ND find people like her insulting. It generally isn’t fun for the parents or the children, and her making it sound like it’s nothing at all is disrespectful to people dealing with it every day.

Explains a lot, doesn't it...

What does it explain?