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[quote=Anonymous]I would keep the rules the same for both kids for screens. Your ND kid probably needs more restrictions around screens anyway, to be honest. I get it, I know why you want to do this and I've done it too on occasion (though we try to resort to headphones and story podcasts rather than screens) but in my experience, ND kids become more reliant on screens as a coping mechanism, which makes them more addictive and harder to break the habit of.

Work on table skills at home with both kids but with extra support for your ND kid. My ND kid needs more scaffolding for these kinds of activities -- more discussion of what the "rules" are, helping to plan how they will approach, more understanding if they struggle.

Once you can get through a meal at home with both kids where they both sit at the table the whole time and there are not crises (say 45 minutes), start doing meals out at very low-stakes places. Fast casual restaurants that are family friendly and where you won't be waiting on a table, a waiter, or a check, in case you have to bail fast. Work your way up to more formal restaurants.

If you want meals out at nicer restaurants without dealing with this, book a sitter and just go with your spouse. You need and deserve the break. Yes it's a major expense and I know it's hard to find sitters for ND kids sometimes. But that's parenthood.[/quote]

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