Quick Tips for Dads Ep. 2: Disrespect & Backtalk
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
How do you handle a child who talks back to you disrespectfully? How can you discipline without using fear and intimidation...or without being weak and permissive? Kirk gives you a script and action steps that work.
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| 1:04.8 | so you've got a child who's defiant who talks back to you who who is blatantly disrespectful. And I know my initial |
| 1:12.9 | impulses as a dad is, hey, I've got to shut that down. My dad would have backhanded us. |
| 1:18.9 | I want to show you a different way to handle this without being weak, without being permissive. |
| 1:24.7 | So welcome. This is Kirk Martin, host of the Calm Parenting Podcast. This is the second episode of our |
| 1:30.0 | Quick Tips for Dads series that we're doing. I'm trying to keep these seven to nine minutes. |
| 1:36.2 | And by the way, welcome because I know there are a lot of moms who are listening to this. |
| 1:40.1 | And I appreciate you forwarding this to your husband. |
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