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English
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124 episodes
since Sept. 26, 2021
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This episode is a little all over the place, but we talk through triggers, doing our personal work, and learning how to respect the opinions and ideas of others. Subscribe, rate, and review us on Podchaser, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts!Follow us on social media to join the conversation…

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Grades

This conversation talks about grades and how we use them in school. Alfie Kohn, a leading researcher in behaviorism and rewards has articles posted here and here. Our education system puts a lot of focus on grades and achievement, regardless of the research showing that they may not actually accomp…

Detective

How do you validate your kid's feelings without validating their negative beliefs about themself? How do you remain curious and compassionate while also managing your own regulation? Ultimately, we need to be detectives and get to figure out the underlying cause of the behavior. This can be ea…

Parenting is Hard

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Food for Thought

What do you do when people start talking to you kids about things or in ways you don't agree with? This episode explores when Lincoln's pediatrician made comments about his weight in front of him. Say it with me: we do not comment on people's bodies!!!There are absolutely ways to tal…

Guess Who's Back

We're back, baby! We needed some time away for our own sanity, so now we're back and ready to keep sharing our conversations! Subscribe, rate, and review us on Podchaser, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts!Follow us on social media to join the conversation!!!FacebookInstagram
We cut last week's episode short, so we needed another one to finish our conversation about expectations.In last week's episode we talked about the need to lower expectations if our kids are showing us with their behavior that they can't do the task. But what if your kid has done it …
This episode talks through the expectations we have for our kids, how to make sure they're realistic and look at them differently, through this new parenting lens.Can we differentiate our DESIRES for our kids from the EXPECTATIONS of our kids. Expectations feel like boundaries or rules, which …
The moral of this week's episode: Nothing matters other than your relationship with your child!What doesn't matter: grades; behavior; attitude; sportsWhat does matter: Our relationship  My job as a parent isn't to control my kids' behavior, get them to act a certain way, make su…
How do we treat our kids like full human people without treating them like adults and forcing them to grow up too quickly. Let's talk about it!Treating our kids like full people simply means that we welcome all of their humanness and don't try to minimize or talk them out of their experie…
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