"How to Talk" authors on what to say to your toddler

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Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It’s remarkable how choosing your words carefully can mean the difference between a moment of connection or disconnect. Today’s guests are experts at effective communication with young children. Joanna Faber and Julie King are co-authors of the book, How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7, and they have just released a second book: How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance and & Other Challenges of Childhood.

Joanna and Julie share helpful tools to communicate with young children thoughtfully, avoiding orders and threats.

Key Takeaways:

[2:04] How do you get your kids to listen to you?

[5:13] Joanna shares a few examples of how to be playful when communicating with your child.

[6:03] Julie explains how it can help to give in fantasy what you can’t give in reality.

[9:15] How can we phrase our instructions so that children want to follow through?

[10:08] Do Julie and Joanna recommend giving children time-outs?

[13:30] What to do when your kid is hitting a younger sibling?

[15:31] Learn the distinction between punishment and expressing your feelings strongly.

[16:32] How can you help your toddler make amends and feel better?

[18:22] What are some strategies for whining?

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How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7, by Joanna Faber and Julie King

How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance and & Other Challenges of Childhood, by Joanna Faber and Julie King

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:13.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:20.0	I'm Jessica Rolfe and this is my new life,
0:24.1	a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development,
0:30.1	when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing
0:34.9	perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding,
0:39.8	parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated
0:46.1	perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family. I remember encountering a mom in the park a few years ago.
0:56.8	Her child was refusing to leave the playground, and she handled it beautifully.
1:01.6	It seemed like she had all the parenting scripts in her back pocket.
1:05.7	I wanted to sound like her when I talked to my kids, calm, empathetic, creative.
1:13.4	It's remarkable how choosing your words carefully can mean the difference between a moment of connection or disconnect. Today's guests are
1:19.8	experts at effective communication with young children. Joanna Faber and Julie King are co-authors of the
1:26.4	best-selling book, How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen, a Survival Guide to Life with Children, Ages 2 to Seven.
1:33.6	And they've just released a second book, How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen, Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood.
1:42.8	I learned a lot from my conversation with Joanna and Julie.
1:46.3	So we have a goal.
1:48.0	We set a goal of first-time listeners in our families.
1:51.6	We say, okay, let's try.
1:53.2	I'll try to be first-time listeners,
1:54.9	but that really just doesn't happen in our daily life.
1:58.1	So how do you get your kids to listen to you?
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