Episode 307: Why You’re Not A Failure (What’s Really Going On Instead)
Release Date: 04/04/2024
Episode 325: Do This If You Want Your Words To Have More Impact and Influence
Your Parenting Long Game
There is nothing worse than feeling helpless as a parent, and it’s easy to feel powerless or out of control when our kids won’t listen to what we have to say. Often when we feel powerless, we end up trying to control our children more… which only reduces our influence! Fortunately, there is a simple strategy that can help you improve the impact of your words so your children can actually hear the lessons you’re trying to teach them. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why most people dig their heels in when people try to change them How to give our kids with big emotions...
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Episode 324: Why Motivators Work Better Than Punishments for Kids With Big Emotions
Your Parenting Long Game
Often when we ask our kids with big emotions to do things they have to do, instead of doing what we ask, they resist, negotiate, or even become disrespectful to us (or themselves!). And when we feel helpless and stuck, we often then fall back on strategies that our parents used with us… which tends to make things worse. So how can we motivate responsible and respectful behavior when our attempts seem to just lead to more drama? In this episode, you’ll learn: Two reasons why rewards and punishments don’t work for kids with big emotions Common reasons why children struggle (and...
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Episode 323: When Children Melt Down When Things Don’t Go Their Way
Your Parenting Long Game
One of the defining qualities of children with "big emotions" is that they have a hard time when things don't go their way. But explaining to them why they need to be more flexible doesn't seem to work, and it only frustrates them and us more! The good news is that we can help our children handle frustration and disappointment when we shift from telling children WHY they need to be more flexible to teaching them HOW to be more flexible. In this episode, you'll learn: Why we reduce our influence when we try to get children to accept that things won't always go their way What they truly...
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Episode 322: How to Validate Your Child’s Feelings Without Condoning Their Behavior
Your Parenting Long Game
We want our children to feel respected, and we know that it’s important to connect with them and validate their feelings. But when they’ve behaved in an unacceptable way, it’s easy to wonder if, when you’re connecting with them, you’re letting them “get away” with negative behavior. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why our influence does depend on being able to balance both validation and firmness A simple formula (with examples!) to show our kids that we sincerely care about what they’re going through without condoning negative behavior --- Summary of this...
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Episode 321: Supporting Children Who Struggle With Change: Starting a New School Year & Beyond
Your Parenting Long Game
Changes and new situations – especially a new school year! – can create a lot of worry for our kids with big emotions. But no matter what the change is, or what their worries are, we can empower children to handle hard things. In this episode, you’ll learn: Simple steps to help kids get ready for a new school year (or any other situation that they’re nervous about) How to make it less likely that they’ll worry about changes and transitions How to help them feel more in control of situations that they are anxious about -- Summary of this episode:...
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Episode 320: Have a Child Who Acts Spoiled or Entitled? Here’s What’s Really Going On
Your Parenting Long Game
Many children with big emotions can seem spoiled or entitled at times -- like they expect to get everything they want, all of the time. And even though it can be tempting to give in for the sake of family peace, there are better ways to help our children in these situations… so they can learn how to handle not getting their way in the future. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why kids with big emotions seem to always want more, more, more What we can ask ourselves to know if we’re giving our children what they truly need (or just want they want) One thing all parents can give...
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Episode 319: Influencing Your Child To Be More Open to Feedback and Talking About Emotions
Your Parenting Long Game
Despite the fact that they experience emotions very intensely, it’s very common for children who feel strongly to NOT want to talk about their emotions. But in order to address negative behavior, moods, and attitudes, we need to have these conversations! The good news is that using specific phrases will allow us to improve our influence with our children so they are open to hearing us, rather than trying to avoid us. In this episode, you’ll learn: The real reasons why our children tend to avoid talking about their emotions How to start conversations with our kids (without...
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Episode 318: Teaching HOW: A Key Component of Fostering Resilience
Your Parenting Long Game
We ask our children to do things all the time, and (of course) we assume that they know how to do what we ask. Why wouldn’t they? In reality, a lot of negative behavior stems from skills that children are missing – which means they actually don’t know how to do what we ask. In order to improve our influence and their resilience, all we need to do is teach them a few strategies for success. In this episode, you’ll learn: What actually stops children from doing what we want them to do How one simple shift can decrease our frustration and our exhaustion What it’s like...
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Episode 317: When You Want Your Child to Change More Quickly
Your Parenting Long Game
It can be exhausting to parent children with big emotions -- especially when it feels like our efforts to improve behavior, moods, and attitudes take longer than we would like. Even if we understand (in our minds) that it takes time for our kids to learn how to deal with their discomfort and develop new skills, that doesn’t always make us stop wishing they would feel and act better more quickly! In this episode, you’ll learn: Why wanting things to go more quickly actually slows things down One question we can ask ourselves to change our perspective and our attitude (so...
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Episode 316: Trouble Getting Your Child Off of Screens? Here's What It May Be Like For Them
Your Parenting Long Game
One of the most common reasons for big emotions in our homes is related to asking our children to get off of their devices. And let's be real: They DO have to learn to get off of their devices without acting like it's the end of the world! But most of the time, we attempt to make this happen makes things worse, not better. When we get into our children’s world, we can often understand why our attempts aren’t effective – and what we can do instead. In this episode, you’ll learn: What it’s like from a child’s perspective to have to get off of screens Why his parents’...
info_outlineMost of us have an idea of how we'd like to interact with our kids. But often when we're tired or frustrated, we don't react in a way that feels good. And when situations with our kids frequently spiral out of control, it’s natural to feel like we are failing at parenting!
In this episode, you’ll learn:
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Tips that will help any time you feel like a failure
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One mindset shift that can reduce guilt immediately
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How simple steps we take can positively impact our kids
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