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Ask And Ye Shall Receive: Email Roundup

Childproof

Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Your questions have been received, and we are here with the responses you seek. In this episode, Gwenna and Tori delve into the contents of the Childproof inbox to address your questions. Whether it's defining the concept of "Gentle Parenting" or navigating the decision of when to let your kids experiment with makeup, the duo gives valuable advice and offers reassurance to accompany you on your parenting journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to Child Proof by Betches Media. I'm Guinales Lund, and I'm Tori Phantom.

0:11.8

This episode goes out to all the people who email us. We do read those, and we love your

0:16.0

stories, fails, wins, and questions. In fact, we love them so much. This episode is made

0:22.4

up of folks who emailed us. Welcome to our second email roundup.

0:27.8

That would have been cool if it was all echoey and epic, like,

0:33.1

like, but cool. Yeah, yeah, it would have been, but I don't know. I don't know how to do that.

0:39.7

I don't either, but I do know how to set the timer. So let's do that.

0:44.1

Okay, here we go. So our first email comes from Betty J. We have shielded personal

0:50.5

information. So Betty J asked us, can you gentle parent a one-year-old? I'm trying desperately

0:56.8

to gentle parent use positive reinforcement and the like, but occasionally a sharp note

1:01.3

has to be used. My problem is that he seems to listen to nothing, whether it be gentle or sharp.

1:07.1

What is an effective way to get the point across without evolving into constantly yelling?

1:12.8

This is a great question. It's a great question with a seemingly disappointing answer.

1:18.9

Yes, I want to be clear here that my answer is not commissending or dismissive,

1:23.7

but when we are talking about a one-year-old, the parenting is different. The parenting is so different

1:29.0

before our kids can effectively communicate with us and we're just kind of talking at them,

1:33.0

hoping they understand. So it takes time. It takes time, and I also think it might be

1:40.2

really beneficial for you to change the way you are viewing gentle parenting,

1:49.2

because gentle parenting at its core is not just sounding like misreach a lot of time,

1:57.4

and never showing any sort of negative emotion. It is okay that you use a sharp note sometimes

2:03.2

with a one-year-old. It's important. I mean, it's that kind of thing. It goes back to that old saying

2:09.0

of, would you rather yell at your kid because they're about to touch the hot stove or let them touch it?

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