Stop Power Struggles with Toddlers, Teens & In-Between
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Stop Power Struggles with Toddlers, Teens & In-Between
If you have a strong-willed child, you WILL have power struggles (no matter their age!). You’ll likely second-guess yourself, feel frustrated, and disagree with your spouse. So what are appropriate expectations at various stages of kids’ development? What should you focus on and what should you let go, from the toddler through the teenage years? Kirk gives you specifics that will help stop these power struggles.
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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. |
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| 0:56.4 | That's cozyEarth.com code calm for 40% off. So if you have a strong world child, you are going to have |
| 1:04.8 | power struggles, no matter how old they are. It is going to happen. They will resist you. You will try to change them |
| 1:13.7 | in their nature and you're going to likely second guess yourself about what are proper expectations |
| 1:20.4 | at the various stages of their development. And what should you really focus on and what should you let go at every age? |
| 1:30.3 | That is what we're going to focus on on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. |
| 1:35.7 | So welcome. This is Kirk Martin. You can find us at CelebrateCalm.com. |
| 1:39.2 | You can also find our Christmas sale there. And Casey is putting together a really cool podcast directory |
| 1:44.9 | that'll give you, if you go to the podcast section tab, there's a directory there. So if you're |
| 1:50.9 | looking for things on sibling fights or on motivating teens or on toddlers or for dads, |
| 1:56.1 | you'll see that there. So I could spend 35 hours giving you tips and tools for kids of all ages. |
| 2:03.5 | So I asked myself, in most homes, what would be the top three things I would work on with each |
| 2:11.1 | age group? So I hope this helps you prioritize and set proper expectations so you don't beat yourself up over this and so you don't beat your |
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