Hey, y'all, you're listening to episode 139 of The God Center Mom Podcast with me, Heather McFadden.

And today I'm bringing back a favorite Kirk Martin from celebratecom.com.

I can start speaking in time.

No, you know, that's one of the strategies.

It's doing push-ups in the middle of the grocery store or speaking in time.

I'm just saying, I don't know, but the Holy Spirit's talking to you.

I mean, I have tried the, like, I'm just going to start praying out loud.

And that'll shut him down.

I do. I just literally in the car will be like, dear Lord, please help us.

Okay, okay, that's not true.

We're not going to be talking about speaking in tongues and praying out loud in the card.

Today, Kirk and I are talking about 10 different ways you can help stop arguments and meltdowns in your home, especially if you are dealing with strong-willed children.

He gives us ways to enter the conversation with them without kind of a combative approach and how to exit high intensity situations, allowing kids to transition from meltdowns on their own and problem-solve.

He also opens my eyes to the interaction of pride and shame for a lot of these kids after they have these moments of arguing and tantrumming.

And there's some help for parents of teens.

If that's where you're finding yourself, you have an idea of what you think your team should do, but you're also trying to give them the freedom to make the choices themselves.

And make sure you don't miss Kirk shares a specialist count code for God's Son of Mom listeners so that you can purchase any of his products or CDs from his site.

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