Battling Toddlers, Teens, & In-Between? 3 Quick Ways to Change Your Family Life ASAP #503

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Ever find yourself in a stand-off with a strong-willed toddler and realize, "I'm fighting with a 5-year-old!?" Have you ever thought, "Why does my 10-year-old have to make everything so difficult and always touch that hot stove?" Are you struggling to connect with and motivate a teenager? Learn 3 quick ways to stop these power struggles AND change yourself...forever. Lots of great insight. This is the final week of our Christmas in July Sale! Visit https://celebratecalm.com/july-sale/ to take advantage of the lowest prices of the year. Email [email protected] with any questions.

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0:33.7	cuddle blanket from your room. I'd have them do extra chores to buy their own, but then you
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1:01.2	So have you ever found yourself in a power struggle with like a five-year-old where you're both like locking horns and she's digging in and you're digging in?
1:10.7	And then you realize
1:11.9	I'm fighting with a small child how did I get into this spot what if you have an older child like
1:19.7	10 years old and you're just frustrated because you're like why do you have to do things the hard way
1:26.2	why can't you just do things in a regular normal way and we wouldn you have to do things the hard way? Why can't you just do things in a regular normal way?
1:31.0	And we wouldn't have to go through all these consequences and tears and difficult things.
1:35.6	Or maybe you have a teenager and you've really struggled to connect with this child and it's always been a challenge.
1:42.7	And now you're getting to that spot where it's like, I only have a few more years with this child and it's always been a challenge. And now you're getting to that spot where it's like,
1:45.2	I only have a few more years with this child and I don't want them starting to get into
1:51.1	weed and vaping and pursuing all kinds of other things. What do you do in those situations?
1:57.9	I want to give you some ideas from everyday parents like you that I believe you'll
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