POF02: Top 3 Parenting Questions ANSWERED

I’ll walk you through how you can tackle the three most common questions I get asked so you can have more cooperation and peace in your home! First, I talk about meltdowns and how to understand them and find out what’s going on with your child even if they are too young to express themselves. I talk about the secret to getting your kids to listen to you the FIRST time!! The final question I answer is how to get more respect from your kids. Robbin is a Certified Parent Coach, author, and speaker. She works with parents from all over the world to help them build more connection and find more joy and cooperation to their parenting. Robbin is a former ‘Angry Mom’ and for over 12 years, Robbin juggled a full-time corporate career while being a mom and wife, prior to becoming a Parenting Coach. In her corporate career, Robbin has a background in marketing and public relations, training, and event planning. She understands firsthand how many moms struggle to balance work and family. It’s because of her struggles as a parent that she found the world of peaceful parenting and has dedicated her life to teaching parents how to build a strong family, so their kids thrive. Robbin’s work focuses on building and strengthening the parent-child relationship so that children grow up with resilience, confidence and strong emotional intelligence. She works with parents to help them understand their own emotions and frustrations in parenting, so they can help build their children’s sense of self without losing themselves in the process! In October of 2018 Robbin released her first book, “The Yelling Cure – How stress less and get your kids to cooperate without threats & punishments.” Her book is being read by parents all over the world 1000,000 copies sold to date. Robbin divides her time working with her clients, speaking at events and spending time with her two boys and husband. You can usually find her at a hockey rink or sports field cheering on her boys. Most importantly, Robbin has changed the way she parents and connects with her sons and is dedicated to helping parents find the same joy, connection and cooperation in their families. [email protected] www.parentingforconnection.com www.facebook.com/parenting4connection www.instagram.com/robbinmcmanne_parentcoach From the Podcast: Question #1 Understanding meltdown When kids are too young to express themselves and name their emotions follow these steps: 1. Accept your child has big emotions Name what your child must be feeling Give them empathy – feeling things you can’t name is really hard and can feel scary for a child Accept again You need to know what your emotions are as well. Follow this link to get your list of feelings from groktheworld.com http://www.groktheworld.com/feelings-needs-body-sensations-lists Question #2 steps to getting your kids to listen Notice where you are in relationship to your child when you ask them to do something Go to them and connect with them – touch them on the arm or back to take them into the here and now. Make your request once you have their attention Take them Give them any help they need Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you would like to continue the conversation with me, head on over to www.facebook.com/parenting4connection With this podcast, my intention is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgment or criticism. We have too much of that! I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire...