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Your Parenting Long Game

This podcast is for parents who not only want to short-term tips for handling current kids" behaviors and moods, but who are exhausted from addressing the same situation over and over and want to find solutions that last much longer into the future. Because you will receive plans and step-by-step tools, it"s also for parents who crave feeling in control -- and who do much better with structure than the chaos traditionally associated with parenting.

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Episode 328: A Simple Action That Strengthens Your...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/11/07

Many kids with big emotions lack confidence, and that can be heartbreaking to see. While building children’s confidence doesn’t happen overnight, one simple action can help. Even better, this same action can also strengthen your relationship and takes less than a minute to use! In this episode, you’ll learn: The simple strategy to strengthen your child’s confidence and your relationship How we can incorporate this strategy into our daily lives Why this strategy might not work for anxious or

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14:44

Episode 327: Use the Sink Metaphor to Get Unstuck...

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2024/10/24

It’s very common as we’re raising kids with big emotions to walk on eggshells, fearing the moment we might “set them off.” But it is possible to learn to diffuse dramatic situations more easily so that we can handle them instead of dreading them. In this episode, you’ll learn, through the “sink metaphor”: Why it’s absolutely in our power to make situations better instead of worse What our kids really need so that they (and we) don’t get stuck in the drama What our responses are like from

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13:34

Episode 326: When You Struggle to Be Consistent,Do...

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2024/10/03

Many children with big emotions crave consistency, but how can we be consistent when life gets in the way? There are so many things to juggle as a parent -- extracurriculars, homework, schedule changes, work trips, family visits -- and we’re tired. The good news is that there’s an alternative to consistency that is much easier to achieve as a busy parent (and it has all the same benefits!). In this episode, you’ll learn: How to reduce the pressure on yourself and still meet your kids’ needs The

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14:46

Episode 325: Do This If You Want Your Words To Have...

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2024/09/26

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

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19:53

Episode 324: Why Motivators Work Better Than...

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2024/09/19

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

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Episode 323: When Children Melt Down When Things...

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2024/09/05

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

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Episode 322: How to Validate Your Child’s Feelings...

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2024/08/29

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

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16:02

Episode 321: Supporting Children Who Struggle With...

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2024/08/15

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

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14:54

Episode 320: Have a Child Who Acts Spoiled or...

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2024/08/01

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

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15:18

Episode 319: Influencing Your Child To Be More Open...

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2024/07/25

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

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13:59

Episode 318: Teaching HOW: A Key Component of...

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2024/07/11

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

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13:55

Episode 317: When You Want Your Child to Change More...

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2024/07/04

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

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Episode 316: Trouble Getting Your Child Off of...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/06/27

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

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16:29

Episode 315: How to Handle Screens in the Summer With...

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2024/06/20

This time of year, navigating the use of screens can be a real challenge -- especially when you’re raising children with big emotions. The summer can start off feeling more relaxed, but then come the power struggles over how long children can be on screens and the meltdowns when they have to get off of their devices. Fortunately, a few simple changes can reduce the drama, even during those times when children are even more likely to turn to screens as entertainment. In this episode, you’ll learn:

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Episode 314: Plug An “Influence Leak”: Stop Trying to...

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2024/06/13

Of course we want our children to listen to us when we ask them to do what they’re supposed to do or when we ask them to act maturely in situations that don’t go their way. But often when we try to get our kids to listen to us, we do it in ways that actually decrease our influence. This is especially true when we try to get our children to see why we are right and they are wrong. Of course it’s not that we shouldn’t try to motivate better behavior! Rather, we can just do it in more effective

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Episode 313: Plugging an “Influence Leak” - Lack of...

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2024/06/06

As parents, we want to be able to influence our children. And we can feel helpless and out of control when we try to help our kids feel or act better… and we can’t make it happen. One of the most common ways that we “leak” influence happens on a day-to-day basis in the way we ask our kids to do things and in the way we respond to their requests. Once you become aware of this leak, you can make a simple change and increase your influence immediately! In this episode, you’ll learn: Why some of our

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15:15

Episode 312: Plugging an “Influence Leak” -...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/05/23

As parents, we want to be able to motivate our kids to act more responsible and handle situations more effectively. And we can feel helpless and out of control when we aren’t able to make that happen. Unfortunately, we will feel helpless and out of control because we often (unknowingly) “leak” influence by the way we think about and respond to situations. One of the most common influence leaks happens when we set unrealistic expectations and aren't even aware that we're doing that. In this episode,

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19:47

Episode 311: A Simplified Roadmap to Peace,...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/05/16

We want to be able to influence our kids. We want them to listen to us, and we want to be able to calm them down so they can work through situations with less drama. So it can be challenging when our attempts to influence them don't work… or even make things worse! In this second episode of a two-part series, we’ll discuss what's needed to become a powerful positive influence with your children so you can bring more peace to your home, even if that seems impossible now. In this episode, you’ll

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16:15

Episode 310: A Simplified Roadmap to Peace,...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/05/09

Most of us crave more calm in our homes. But what do we do when there is drama on an almost-daily basis and nothing we try makes a difference in our child’s behavior? Is it possible to reduce the drama and feel more confident in our parenting without damaging our relationship with our children? The good news is you can bring more peace to your family while increasing your children’s resilience and self-esteem. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why our current parenting strategies don’t change

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Episode 309: Using Yuck Dumps for Kids to Improve...

Your Parenting Long Game ·

2024/04/25

It’s natural to want our kids’ negative behaviors, moods, and behaviors to stop. But what happens when nothing we do seems to end the drama? How can we break out of the cycles of negativity? In this episode, you’ll learn: Why “quick fix” methods don’t help our kids feel better (and often make things worse) Why Yuck Dumps are NOT the same as wallowing, and how these Dumps actually build resilience Simple ways to help children release their negativity and frustration --- Notes from this

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