Want A Responsible Child? Back Off (& Shut Up) Part I #508

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

How do you get a toddler, teen, or child in between to be responsible for their own behavior? What about the teen who gets mad for not allowing social media or the toddler who lashes out because they don’t want your help? Kirk shows you how and when to back off…so your kids can step up. Our Back-To-School Sale begins now. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/products/ to make this school year different. Email [email protected] with any questions.

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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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1:01.1	So I remember exactly where I was when I got this idea for the podcast.
1:05.2	Casey and I were on our father's son hiking trip and he had planned this really epic day.
1:10.7	This was going to be a big hike with these
1:12.6	views of the entire mountain range and we got up and it was really foggy and we start climbing up
1:19.0	through the woods. We had about 3,000 feet of climbing and it's a hard climb and he's in just, he's so
1:25.0	quiet. I know when Casey is quiet, something's going on because like many of your kids,
1:29.8	he was chatterbox as a kid. He never stopped talking. And so along the way, he said, Dad, I'm quiet because I'm so angry.
1:38.0	I'm in such a bad mood. And you know how these kids are. They're like dark clouds.
1:44.6	They're stormy.
1:45.4	They're so intense.
1:46.4	Their mood can control the mood of the home.
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