When Kids Don’t Want to Do Things YOUR Way
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When Kids Don’t Want to Do Things YOUR Way
Strong-willed kids are never going to do things the way you want them done. They aren’t. And it’s going to irritate you. Before you label them disobedient or rebellious, listen to this podcast. Kirk will show you how to get your kids to be responsible for themselves…without all the 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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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| 0:56.0 | that's cozy earth.com code calm for 40% off okay i'm just going to say it your strongwell kids are |
| 1:04.2 | not going to do things the way you want them done they're not and it's going to irritate you |
| 1:10.2 | and you're going to think they're being rebellious and disrespectful and not following your directions. And I want you to know it's actually something else. It's not an excuse. I'm not saying it's right. It's just the way that it is. And that's what we're going to talk about on this episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. So welcome, this is Kirkmart, |
| 1:27.6 | and founder of Celebrate Calm. You can find us at CelebrateCalm.com. If you need help with anything, reach out to our very strong will child, Casey, who didn't want to do things the way we wanted him to do it. And his email address is Casey, C-A-S-E-Y, at Celebrate Calm.com. Let's know the name ages of your kids what are you struggling with we're pretty sure we know what they are |
| 1:27.7 | because all of your kids. What are you struggling with? |
| 1:45.8 | We're pretty sure we know what they are because all of our kids do these really frustrating things. |
| 1:50.6 | But tell us about it. We will get together as a family, discuss your situation, email you back, |
| 1:55.1 | usually pretty quickly and usually with very, very practical strategies because that's what we do. |
| 2:00.1 | If you need help with anything, with any of our products, if you need help financially, |
| 2:03.8 | booking an event, reach out to Casey. |
| 2:05.5 | So this was prompted by an email from a mom who has a very strong-willed daughter who just |
| 2:14.1 | doesn't ever really do what her mom wants her to do. |
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