Messes, Sibling Fights, Whining, Defiance: How to Tackle Your Triggers #476
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
So what DOES trigger you? Messes, sibling fights, kids not listening, whining and complaining and tantrums, silliness at bedtime, kids talking back, procrastination? Maybe all of these common things! Kirk gives you specific action steps so you can preserve your sanity, overcome your triggers, stop reacting AND get your kids to be responsible for themselves.
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| 1:01.2 | So what does trigger you? Is it messes? Sibling fights. Kids not listening. |
| 1:07.5 | Whining, complaining, tantrums, silliness at bedtime, kids talking back, procrastination, |
| 1:14.8 | kids moving slowly when you need them to move more quickly. Could be all of these common things. |
| 1:21.3 | Some parents say, I spend hours making our home a peaceful, organized place to live, |
| 1:26.9 | and within three minutes of getting home, |
| 1:29.0 | all my work can be undone. That would trigger me as well. Here's one of mine. I hate when my kids |
| 1:34.3 | procrastinate. What sets you off? I want to give you specific action steps so you can preserve |
| 1:42.3 | your sanity, overcome your triggers, and stop the reacting, |
| 1:45.8 | yelling, and lecturing. So that is what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the |
| 1:50.1 | Calm Parenting Podcast. Welcome. This is Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm, and you can find |
| 1:54.4 | us at CelebrateCalm.com, where we have our Mother's Day sale going on to honor the moms |
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