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Calm Parenting Podcast

10 Ways to Stop Power Struggles With Toddlers, Teens & In Between

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

10 Ways to Stop Power Struggles With Toddlers, Teens & In Between A Mom on Instagram asked me to share tips for her kids from ages 3 to 16. There are some very odd, but effective, strategies here to stop the power struggles, get your kids to listen, and connect with strong-willed kids. You will also learn how to save money and needless fights over things that aren't important. Plus we've extended our Mother's Day Sale at CelebrateCalm.com. We have extended our Mother's Day Sale. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/mothers-day/ to purchase the Get Everything Package at the lowest prices of the year. Visit https://www.oneskin.co and use code KIRK to get 15% off. Visit https://drinkAG1.com/calm for a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. Head to https://acorns.com/calm or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee so if you don’t love it, just send it back for a refund, minus shipping! Head to https://airdoctorpro.com/ and use promo code CALM and you’ll receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! Today my listeners receive 20% OFF any AquaTru purifier! Just go to https://AquaTru.com and enter code “CALM “ at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So what do you do if you have a strong will toddler or maybe you have a child in

0:04.7

elementary school and I know for many of you the your first introduction to the

0:09.5

thought that your child might be on the spectrum or neurodivergent or just a strong well child came in first or second

0:16.2

grade because school work got a little bit tougher. Your child started shutting down. They're not

0:20.8

following directions. Now some of you you got really

0:23.6

lucky because you got calls or emails on the first day of preschool and that

0:28.4

means your child is very very bright and they don't want to do all the boring stuff and arbitrary things they're supposed to do in preschool

0:36.4

because their job is to explore and be curious and say you got that call and if you have a really

0:41.9

bright child who didn't want to be there they bit got that

0:43.0

call

0:44.0

you didn't want to be there they bit someone

0:46.0

early on in the school year because here's what happens

0:49.0

when Mr. Chompers comes out and starts biting kids

0:52.0

that child knows oh oh, we're going to be dealing with

0:55.8

the headmaster or the principal here, and I'm probably going to get to leave this dungeon,

1:01.1

this prison is how they see it, and have to go back home.

1:04.6

So just so you know that's partly what happens.

1:07.8

By the way, middle school kid, what if you have middle school kid?

1:10.5

That's kind of a shutdown phase and these are kids who will do you

1:13.4

know they do silly things to act out in class because your kids don't always

1:18.0

connect well with other kids their own age they tend to do better with adults

1:22.0

and older kids and

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