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CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 97 – [REPLAY] – How to Parent a Master Procrastinator
It is unbelievably challenging to parent a master procrastinator. Your days are filled with worry, and an ever-growing pit in your stomach as you watch them play video games, or sit on their phone amidst looming homework due dates and projects that haven’t even been...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 96 – Go Ahead Baby Them
Today I'm going to talk about baby play, also known as limbic bonding. This is one of the pillars of Connected Parenting that includes moments where you deeply connect with your child, look in their eyes, rub noses, put your hands on their cheeks, or play with and...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 95 – Self-Heckling
Today's an interesting topic --------- I'm going to talk about self-heckling and the broken self esteem that comes as a result of it. Self-heckling is that constant voice inside our head, that says things like... "of course, you couldn't do that", "someone else would...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 94 – Why Won’t You Just Go To Sleep?
Today I want to talk about sleep as it is certainly a big issue for not only kids in general but more specifically gladiator kids and even us as parents. This can be especially true right after a high anxiety holiday like Halloween and or the upcoming time change that...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 93 – Halloween Can Be Scary
For most kids Halloween and the time leading up to it can be really fun and they love it. But for a lot of very sensitive children the feelings and reactions can be quite the opposite and extremely anxiety provoking. Everywhere they look they are seeing scary images...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 92 – Teens & Dating
The teen dating scene, has become extremely complicated both for them and us as parents. In fact by the time you listen to this, the scene may have even morphed and changed a little bit again. Social media of course has played a huge part in really complicating things...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 91 – Socially Aggressive Kids
Childhood is a time where kids are trying to figure out how to be heard, how to make an impact, when to back off, and when to step forward. They do this by making a lot of mistakes, bumping up against things and learning sometimes the hard, experiential way, what does...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 90 – Homework
Your kids have been at school all day and then they've probably had after school programs, so by the time they sit down to do their homework at night, they are fried, they are tired, and they don't want to do it. The odd child already has their homework done and is...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 89 – From Worrier To Warrior
Anxiety and worrying get a bad rap. We are taught to think of them as a bad thing and something we have to fight against. This is why it is vital that we help our kids understand the important role anxiety plays in our lives. For instance if we didn't have anxiety,...
CONNECTED PARENTING EPISODE 88 – Intrusive Thoughts
Sometimes your kid will say things like, I keep thinking of this, or every time I hold a glass, I think about smashing it and they get worried about what they see as troublesome thoughts better known as intrusive thoughts. So today I want to talk about these weird...