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 pushes back, and you’re left wonde...
28 Loka 22min
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 locked in a massive fight—feeling...
25 Loka 21min
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 exact script I used to diffus...
21 Loka 23min
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 Understood.org, award-winning journ...
19 Loka 31min
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 you own!” That was our son! I...
18 Loka 21min
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 the chaos, build positive moment...
16 Loka 23min
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 strong-willed kids to care ab...
14 Loka 22min
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 and your relationship…so neither...
11 Loka 23min
