Join us as we discuss:

 

• Why many if not most issues deal with crappy communication.
• The Cardinal No-No of Comms with Kids
• What is the Secret of Talking to Kids
• Confrontation vs. Criticism
• Why we should negotiate with our frickin’ kids!

Join us today as we address listener feedback questions:

 

• What to do about a whining kid.
• How to respond to a kid that has started hitting you (or anyone in the family).
• Crying when dropping off at daycare.
• Reactions to shoplifting.
• Spilling drinks (or other semi-negligent behaviors from kids that are old enough to not do it).

 

 

Join me as we discuss:

 

• The Modern Family Mindset.
• Where and when this occured and how it is not a long-standing ideology.
• How it is affecting our kiddos?
• How does this in turn affect us as parents?
• What can we do to make it better?

Join me today as we discuss:

 

• Why this topic is probably the most important to me.
• What does research say consistent praise does for kids?
• Why do so many parents struggle to praise their kids.
• How do we super-charge our praise to be authentic, genuine, and effective.

On this episode we will discuss:

 

• What is cutting, burning, and NSSI?
• What can lead to a kid doing these things to themselves?
• Special Guest: Corrie Gibson discusses her experiences with cutting and provides insight/advice for parents.
• What are we to do as parents?

On this episode we will discuss:

 

*What is emotional competency.

*Why is it so important?

*Discuss how very few have a solid understanding of the different emotional states.

*Cover why we as parents MUST be effective at handling our emotional crap.

*Discuss techniques on just how to do that.

*Talk about ways we can help our kids handle their emotions in addition to us modeling how.

In this episode we will discuss:

 

*Why is building up your kid so important?

*What does research say about the top influencers of our kids?

*How can we as parents do just that?

 

My forgiveness to all subscribers.  A plugin called BuddyPress failed this afternoon.  I’ve made the appropriate changes and all should be well.  I will be uploading Episode 3 today where we will talk about building our kids up.

Episode 2

Foundation of Parenting

 

 

In this episode we will discuss:

 

• What is the elemental foundation of working with our kids?
•  Parents should be creating as many positive experiences as possible for our kids.
• The power of “good job” and not hearing anything from us when kids do well.
• Getting kids to respect us.
• Putting ourselves in our kids shoes.
• Communication skills and how important they are with our kids.
• Handling our own emotional crap!
• Working out marriages and how they affect our kids.
• Importance of taking care of ourselves.
• Disciplining our Children.
• Teaching our children what your family believes!

Episode 1

What is The Family Podcast Network

 

 

In this episode we will discuss:

 

• What is The Family Podcast Network.
• How was FPN created.
• What is at the heart of FPN.
• The hosts credentials.
• FPN is not about criticism and judgement, but about growing!