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Calm Parenting Podcast

You’re A Control Freak! 10 Ways to Stop Power Struggles.

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Parenting

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

You’re A Control Freak! 10 Ways to Stop Power Struggles.

Do you have a child who resists doing things your way, chooses the harder path, and sometimes touches the hot stove? When you have control issues or perfectionism, that creates endless power struggles with these kids. Kirk shows you 10 ways to stop the fights and get your kids to be responsible for themselves.


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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,

0:50.2

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1:01.2

Searching for a romantic summer getaway. Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new audible original from Lily Chew.

1:07.8

The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth Lily Chew title.

1:12.6

This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale, set in Toronto's

1:17.3

wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada. Rich Girl Summer follows the story of Valerie,

1:23.1

a down-on-her-luck event planner, posing as a socialite's long-lost daughter, while piecing together

1:27.8

the secrets surrounding a mysterious family, and falling deeper and deeper in love, with the

1:32.7

impossibly hard to read and infuriatingly handsome family assistant, Nico. Caught between pretending

1:38.7

to belong and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, Valerie learns her summer is about

1:43.9

to get far more complicated than she ever planned.

1:46.8

She's in over her head and head over heels.

1:49.5

Listen to Rich Girl Summer, now on Audible.

1:52.2

Go to audible.com slash rich girl summer.

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