How to Get Your Kids to Listen - The FIRST TIME You Ask | Tia Slightman (EP413)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, parenting coach, Tia Slightman, joins us to share powerful insights on improving children’s listening and behavior without resorting to punishment. Tia explains why understanding the root causes of kids’ actions is far more effective than relying on yelling, timeouts, or endless reminders. She introduces simple, practical strategies to set clear boundaries, foster cooperation, and build stronger connections with your children. We also dive into the impact of screens, the importance of consistent discipline, and why it’s essential for parents to seek guidance and develop positive parenting skills. Tia also shares her personal journey as a parenting coach and offers valuable resources to help families create more harmony at home.
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Tia has a Masters in Early Childhood Ed., certified in Positive Discipline and has worked with kids and families for over 20 years. She is the founder of Tia Slightham- Parenting Solutions and The Parenting With Purpose Method, where she works with parents to teach them positive ways to decrease the daily struggles to build a strong parent/child connection.
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| 0:00.0 | So I always think to myself, if we can't get our kids to listen when they're little, how are we |
| 0:05.1 | going to get our kids to listen when they're big? If we keep reminding, we're never teaching them |
| 0:10.3 | to learn the skills to actually remind themselves. You're raising humans, which might be the |
| 0:15.9 | biggest job and the most important job ever, and we don't go to school for it. So why not reach out, ask for help, |
| 0:23.7 | get support, and basically go back to quote unquote school for the biggest job that you do every |
| 0:30.3 | single day. Again, if our kids are feeling better, they're doing better, and that is going to be |
| 0:34.1 | step one. This is Diane Bowden, and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast. |
| 0:38.9 | Today, I'm talking with parenting coach and mom of two teenage boys, Tia Slightman, about how to |
| 0:44.2 | help our kids listen better and behave more cooperatively without all the yelling, timeouts, |
| 0:49.7 | or constant reminders. |
| 0:51.4 | Tia shares why it's so important to understand the root causes behind our |
| 0:54.8 | children's behaviors and how small shifts in language can make a huge difference in setting |
| 0:59.7 | clear boundaries and fostering respect. If you've ever struggled with getting your kids to listen |
| 1:03.8 | or want to parent with more confidence and cooperation, this episode is full of insights you |
| 1:08.3 | won't want to miss. But before we get there, I quickly want to share this quick thought from Dan Ansario of Substack. |
| 1:15.5 | He had just a short tweet-like post a couple of weeks ago and said, |
| 1:19.5 | You always have three moves. |
| 1:21.5 | You can fix it. |
| 1:22.7 | You can accept it. |
| 1:23.9 | Or you can walk away. |
| 1:25.5 | What does not work is the fake fourth way where you sit and wish. |
| 1:29.2 | You wish you would fix it, but you do nothing. You wish you would leave, but you stay. You refuse to |
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