Why Kids Say 'No' Instantly (You Won’t Like My Response!) #443
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
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🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Why Kids Say 'No' Instantly (You Won’t Like My Response!) #443
So you ask your child to do something, even something simple. Put your shoes on, Take the trash out. Brush your teeth. Put your dishes in the sink. It’s not hard to do. If they just did what you asked them to do, they’d be done in like 20 seconds! Instead, they react with a sigh, a groan, muttering something like “that’s dumb,” or “I don’t want to.” I want to show you a different way to respond so your kids actually do what you say…without the big fight!
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| 1:05.5 | simple put your shoes on take the trash out brush your teeth put your dishes in the sink, we need to go. |
| 1:11.9 | It's not that hard to do. And if your strong will kids would just do what you ask them to do, |
| 1:18.2 | they would be done in like 20 seconds. Instead, they react with a sigh, a groan, muttering something |
| 1:25.2 | like, that's dumb, I don't want to. So how do you respond to that? |
| 1:30.6 | So your kids actually do what you say without instigating World War III. That is what we're |
| 1:37.5 | going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenthood podcast. Welcome, this is Kirk Martin. |
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