316. Tantrums, Boundaries & Emotional Growth: Tools for Confident, Connected Parenting with Dr. Siggie
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Parenting can feel overwhelming, but Dr. Siggie Cohen, known as the Child Whisperer, is here to offer clarity and calm. With over 35 years of experience as a child developmental specialist, educator, and mother of three, Dr. Siggie has helped thousands of families navigate emotional challenges, behavioral struggles, and transitions. In this episode, she dives into redefining authority, balancing boundaries with independence, and how to address tantrums and sibling dynamics. She emphasizes the importance of letting kids face disappointment, build resilience, and develop emotional self-reliance, while also teaching them essential life skills like navigating unpredictability and problem-solving. Packed with practical tools and strategies, this conversation empowers parents to navigate their own emotions, foster connection, and trust their child’s unique learning journey for a stronger, more resilient family dynamic.
We also cover:
(00:00:00) Introductions
(00:00:51) Redefining Authority: Balancing Boundaries, Independence & Gentle Parenting
(00:11:01) Navigating Tantrums & Teaching Self-Reliance
(00:23:42) Teaching Kids to Navigate Emotions & Unpredictability
(00:36:11) How to Manage Sibling Dynamics
(00:49:16) Fostering Connection & Guiding Kids Through Social Challenges
(01:05:08) Parenting Tools for Emotional Awareness & Trusting Your Child’s Journey
Resources:
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• Website: drsiggie.com
• Instagram: @dr.siggie
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Sigi Cohen is known as a child whisperer for unparalleled depth of insight into working with children. |
| 0:17.2 | For more than 35 years, she's worked extensively with thousands of children and families, |
| 0:21.6 | first as a teacher and then as a child developmental specialist. |
| 0:25.6 | Dr. Sigi has a private practice, she lectures, and she teaches throughout Los Angeles. |
| 0:29.6 | Her approach has proven successful in helping parents and teachers deepen their understanding of children's behaviors, |
| 0:35.6 | so they can support them through |
| 0:37.7 | the entire range of emotional challenges, including behavioral difficulties, transitions, and trauma. |
| 0:43.9 | She's also a mother of three. It's such a pleasure to welcome Dr. Sigi to the show. |
| 0:50.8 | Oh my goodness, Dr. Sigi, you've been on my wish list. I'm so excited to have this conversation. |
| 0:56.0 | I feel like your advice is almost like the clarity that I need and the calm that I need with the overwhelm of parental information out there. |
| 1:07.0 | So thank you so much for being here and for being just level-headed and giving us those practical tools. |
| 1:13.7 | It's really the greatest gift. |
| 1:16.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:16.9 | I'm happy to be doing it here and to just do it in general because I agreed that a lot of parents out there and moms specifically are overwhelmed by the overload of information and advice and suggestions. |
| 1:34.0 | And I think it resulted, unfortunately, which is where I come in as almost like, you know, stop the madness kind of like. |
| 1:44.4 | It has given the children all the rights and have taken almost like all the authority. |
| 1:53.3 | I don't even want to say power and control. |
| 1:56.0 | It was never really about power and control. |
| 1:58.4 | It's about authority and what is authority for? It's not to control. |
| 2:04.6 | It's not to oppress. It's not to deny. It's not to ignore. Authority is structure and order. |
| 2:11.6 | Authority is green light, red light, so we're not all running into each other when we're driving. Simple as |
| 2:19.4 | that. And that's the authority, someone that comes in with, whoa, okay, everybody, let's just |
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