189: Parenting in the Digital Age: Navigating Challenging Behaviors and Building Resilience with Coach Zach Kasabo

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Brief summary of show:

In this episode of the Motherhood Village podcast, I speak with special guest Coach Zach Kasabo, a certified school counselor and parent coach with extensive experience working with children from kindergarten to 12th grade. 

Coach Zach discusses his mission to assist parents in confidently managing their children's challenging behaviors and offers valuable insights into modern parenting techniques. Topics covered include the importance of balancing empathy and limits, the impact of technology and social media on children's behavior, and practical strategies for effective communication and setting boundaries. Coach Zach emphasizes the need for parents to trust their instincts and model cooperation and responsibility for their children. The conversation also touches on the societal shifts in parenting styles, the potential downsides of over-empathizing, and the importance of both structure and understanding in raising resilient, securely attached children.

We talk about:

• 0:00 Introduction and Guest Background
• 01:02 Book recommendation
• 02:23 How he became a certified counselor and parent coach
• 04:46 Did he feel prepared to become a dad?
• 07:16 Why it’s so important to talk about challenging behaviors
• 10:19 Some of the challenging behaviors he’s seeing and misconceptions about these behaviors
• 12:16 Instant gratification and the correlation to electronics & screen time
• 14:19 Noticing these behavior signs and addressing them
• 18:54 Modeling behavior for children
• 20:55 Strong-willed kids
• 29:25 How society enables this behavior
• 33:53 Kids need to learn they will hear no, having anxiety and anxious attachment styles
• 39:18 Effective communication
• 45:22 Final thoughts

Resources

• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• Boundaries by John Townsend and Henry Cloud
  
  

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