Calm Parenting Podcast

You’ll Hate Me For Saying This: You Must Ignore Your Child’s Initial Bluster! #650

"This is dumb." "You can't make me." "I'm not doing that!" When your strong-willed child spits out immediate pushback, your natural instinct is to correct their attitude

How to Pick Your Battles & Parent With Flexibility, Not Force #649

It’s so hard raising a strong-willed child! Traditional parenting truths like being consistent don’t work with this child. You’re clear with expectations, your child push

When Kids Reject Your Help & Refuse To Listen to You #648

Your child is visibly struggling with something they care about. You step in to help make it easier, and instead of saying "thank you," they explode. Suddenly, you're loc

Script When An Angry, Frustrated, Anxious Child Is In Your Face & Feels Helpless #647

Do you ever feel helpless when your child is melting down? Of course. Your child likely feels helpless as well. In this very personal and powerful episode, I give you the

Get Help For Your Child At School: Listen to Zero Reject From Understood.org

Getting your child the support they need at school shouldn’t feel like a fight. But for millions of families, it does. In Zero Reject, an investigative podcast from Under

Do This When There Are Power Struggles Over EVERYTHING & Kids Choose A Harsher Consequence #646

“If you would simply do what I ask you to do, you would be done in 7 minutes. But you would rather argue with me for 7 hours or days or weeks or years and lose everything

7 Quick Ideas To Reset, Change Negative Momentum & Get Your Kids Back on Track #645

If you feel overwhelmed with the stress and demands of school, extracurriculars, and a challenging child, you are not alone. So let’s make 7 stress-free shifts to calm th

10 Ways to Get Kids to Care About School & Spark Internal Motivation #644

You have tried everything to get your kids to care about school—and nothing has worked. These are kids who cannot be externally motivated. How can you internally motivate

DO NOT Fight, Stress, and Destroy Your Child’s Confidence Over This #643

I have watched countless families ripped apart, spending 18 years fighting with their kids over something that doesn’t matter. It destroys both your child’s confidence an

The Secret to A More Adaptable, Flexible, Resilient Child #642

Do you have a child who struggles when plans change, who becomes rigid and digs in, or who completely melts down and can’t recover? I want to show you how to teach kids o

How To Use Strategic Silence: You Talk Less, Your Kids Listen More. #641

Want your kids to exhibit self-control and actually be responsible for their own emotions? Then you must learn the power of strategic silence. Whether you’re dealing with

How to Change Situations Quickly: Toddler Screaming, Teen Refusing, Child Losing It At Bedtime. #640

Your kids ARE going to misbehave, not listen, refuse to help, scream when you say no, have meltdown at the worst times like bedtime. They may not live up to their potenti

A Back-Talking Kid, A Dad Who Feels Disrespected & A Mom Caught In The Crossfire. BIG NEW IDEA! #639

You have a strong-willed child who triggers you by talking back, blurting out, dawdling, having a messy room, doing things the hard way. Moms and Dads have different trig

Messy Bedrooms, Messy Behavior: Get Kids to Be Responsible For Their Rooms & Relationships #638

You want your kids to clean up their rooms. You also want them to handle the inevitable frustration and disappointment of life's biggest messes—without throwing tantrums,

Why Does Putting On Shoes Take 45 Minutes?! 10 Ways to Get Dawdlers Moving Faster! #637

If getting your kids out the door, into bed, or to school feels like preparing for combat, this episode is your rescue mission. Whether your child is naturally a dawdler,

Why You Do NOT Want Kids to Be Immediately Obedient: Raising Fearless Leaders, Not Fearful Robots. #636

Do you ever feel like you are doing something wrong because your strong-willed child doesn’t readily comply? Do you ever feel caught in the middle playing peacekeeper bet

Why “Name It To Tame It” & Punching Pillows Don’t Work For Intense Kids #635

Deep breathing, punching pillows and “naming the emotion” sound great on paper—until you try them with an intense child. These traditional calming tools can actually back

There Is Hope For Your ADHD Neurodivergent Child Who Can’t Focus (& 10 Ways to Stop Homework Battles) #634

Do you have a child who would rather argue for 2 hours over homework rather than complete it in 20 minutes?! Those of us with ADHD or neurodivergent brains learn in diffe

Q&A With Casey: How Do You Repair Feeling Like “The Bad Kid”? #633

Casey shares his first memory of feeling strong-willed and getting judged for it in school…and why it sticks with him to this day. He gives in-depth insight into how to r

Why Kids Choose the Harder Path & Procrastinate: 10 Secrets to Stop Power Struggles #632

It would be so much easier if your kids would simply do things your way, but they won’t. They will procrastinate and create unnecessary stress. They will purposefully cho