Calming Our Reactivity to Children's Irritating, Demanding Behaviors

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this popular encore episode, a parent writes that she’s overwhelmed by her two girls constantly demanding her attention, following her around their home and calling “Mommy! Mommy!” even if they are in the same room. “It’s driving me mad,” she writes. “It’s like a dripping tap. It is getting to the point where I just want to scream.” This mom notices that the girls don’t have this dynamic with their father. In fact, even if he is sitting beside them and she is in another room, they still call to her. Understandably, she feels drained and wonders if Janet can tell her what she’s doing wrong. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at NoBadKidsCourse.com. Please support our sponsors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My favorite thing to hear as I'm wrapping up an extensive consultation or a group session
0:05.4	with parents is when they say, now I can't wait to see my child and trial this out.
0:11.8	The secret to finding more ease and joy in caring for our children is a perspective shift.
0:17.0	It's about the way we see our children and understand our role in their lives.
0:21.5	And unfortunately, quick tips and strategies and sound bites, they can't make this shift
0:25.9	for us.
0:26.9	We need something thorough.
0:27.9	We need the whole picture.
0:29.6	I've created the resource that will give you that.
0:32.0	The No Bad Kids Master Course.
0:34.7	You can check out all the details at nobadkidscourse.com.
0:38.5	Hi, this is Janet Landsfury.
0:43.3	Welcome to Unruffold.
0:45.0	Today I have a question that I received on Facebook.
0:49.5	This mother is having difficulty because her daughters keep constantly calling mommy,
0:53.9	mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy, and it's driving this parent up the wall.
0:59.2	And I want to flesh this topic out a little to talk about our reactivity as parents and
1:06.0	how we can ease that.
1:09.0	So behaviors like this one, children repeatedly calling our name and also whining and other
1:16.5	repetitive behaviors that children sometimes will do.
1:20.1	How can we respond in a way that doesn't actually amplify the behaviors and cause them to
1:26.6	persist?
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