Handling A Demanding Child Without Losing Your Mind
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Handling A Demanding Child Without Losing Your Mind
Do you have a child who comes downstairs in the morning (afternoon and evening) DEMANDING things or with a single-minded focus on doing something? You rightfully and reasonably say no to their request and it sets off a huge power struggle, meltdowns, constant arguing, throwing things and words around. How can you handle these situations without losing your mind or your relationship? Kirk shows you how.
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| 1:04.2 | So do you have a child who comes downstairs in the morning, or maybe in the afternoon or evening |
| 1:09.0 | or any time, demanding things, |
| 1:11.4 | or with a single-minded focus that they're going to do something. And you, rightfully and reasonably, |
| 1:18.3 | say no to their request. And then it sets off this huge power struggle or meltdowns, arguing, |
| 1:25.3 | maybe the child throwing things, including words around, right? And so, |
| 1:30.0 | how do you handle these situations without losing your mind or your relationship? That's what we're |
| 1:38.2 | going to talk about on today's episode of the Calm Parenting podcast. So welcome, this is Kirk |
| 1:42.5 | Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm. You can find us at |
| 1:44.9 | CelebrateCalm.com. If you need help, reach out to our son Casey. He was very much this kind of demanding, |
| 1:52.6 | distracted kid, right, who was single-minded focus and what he wanted to do, he wanted to do. And that's set off |
| 1:59.2 | so many power struggles in our home, |
| 2:02.4 | primarily because I couldn't control myself and I had a lot of control issues. But if you want some |
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