When To Say No & Yes (Bored, Unhappy, Tattling and Fighting Siblings)
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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When To Say No & Yes (Bored, Unhappy, Tattling and Fighting Siblings)
So how do you respond when your kids are bored or don’t like their gifts? When siblings tattle or fight…or your grown siblings create drama during family get-togethers? When holiday plans go awry, family judges you? Kirk gives you scripts to use in these tough holiday situations.
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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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| 0:33.7 | 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 |
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| 0:56.4 | That's cozyEarth.com code calm for 40% off. So how do you respond when your kids are bored over the |
| 1:05.2 | holidays or they don't like their gifts when siblings tattle on each other or fight or when your grown siblings fight during |
| 1:12.8 | family get-togethers what are you going to do when holiday plans kind of go awry when family |
| 1:17.4 | judges you that is what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the calm parenting podcast |
| 1:22.8 | welcome this is kirk martin founder of celebrate calm you can find us in our big christmas sale at |
| 1:27.4 | celebrate calm dot com look this is a really, founder of Celebrate Calm. You can find us and our big Christmas sale at celebrate calm.com. |
| 1:29.1 | Look, this is a really stressful time of year when you're pulled in different directions. |
| 1:33.6 | And some of you are so kind and thoughtful, you're sensitive, your empaths, you feel the emotions of others. |
| 1:40.4 | And sometimes you can be a people pleaser, but that can cause you to take on too much. |
| 1:45.5 | You constantly take the temperature of the home, sensitive to everyone's shifting moods. |
| 1:51.2 | And maybe you have to be the mediator or referee between siblings or between your strong |
| 1:56.3 | well child and your spouse. That can be exhausting. It can cause adrenal fatigue and it causes an inordinate amount of stress. |
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