Spicy Toddlers, Teens & In Between: 10 Ways to Prevent Constant Battles #480
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Spicy Toddlers, Teens & In Between: 10 Ways to Prevent Constant Battles
How should you respond when your teen or tween defies you and complains that you’re too controlling? How can you stop the power struggles with spicy toddlers? How can you help kids struggling with behavior and confidence? Kirk gives you powerful scripts and specific strategies to stop the battles and drama.
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| 0:00.0 | So I bet I have a way for even reluctant teens and tweens to spend time with you. |
| 0:05.4 | Sit and better on the sofa, wrapped in the heavenly softness of the new cozy earth bubble cuddle |
| 0:10.8 | blanket. It is so ridiculously soft. Your toddlers, your teens, pets, even your spouse is going to |
| 0:16.8 | want to cuddle with you. And you will have the best talks all wrapped up together. We absolutely |
| 0:23.7 | love our bubble cuddle blanket because it's the perfect combination of style and comfort. Oh, |
| 0:29.5 | and your sensory kids, forget about it. They're going to try to steal the cozy earth bubble |
| 0:33.7 | cuddle blanket from your room. I'd have them do extra chores to buy their own, but then you |
| 0:38.6 | might not be able to get them out of bed. Look, your bed shouldn't just be a place to sleep. It should be |
| 0:43.4 | your happy place. Use the cozy earth bamboo sheets. We'd love those. And this new blanket, |
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| 1:54.8 | So how should you respond when your teen or tween complains, you're controlling none of my friends parents do this you need to |
| 2:03.7 | stop treating me like a child how should you respond when the school sends home notes about your child |
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