So are you at your wit's end with your strong will child? Of course you are. That's why you're listening to this podcast.

And it's very, very common. It makes sense to me. These strong will kids are enigmas at times they're like

walking dichotomies they can have a heart of gold toward others but then turn

around and spew venom at you when they're passionate about something like building or creating they can focus for hours but then they can't focus for 10 minutes to complete a simple

work sheet. It's frustrating So I want to share some insight and

strategies in this episode of the Call and Parenting Podcast to release you from

guilt to show you how to motivate these kids so they can be

successful and you can have a close relationship with them. So welcome. This is

Kirk Martin founder CelebrateCom. You can find us at Celebrate Calm.com.

I wanted to share with you an excerpt

from one of our foundational programs.

This is called Stop Power Struggles

with your Strong Will Child.

It's one of the 14 programs on the new app you can share with family and teachers.

So here's how I describe what I usually term our kids.

And whatever term you want to use, whether it's neurodivergent or kids on the spectrum, maybe it's a

child with PDA or the more generic strong-willed kids.

These kids are bright, usually very bright.

Their minds are continually running and running and scheming and thinking of workarounds, of different ways to get things done of ways to avoid doing

things they don't want to do and it's hard for you to understand because in your mind you just do what you're told.

You're so bright, you're smart, why can't you just do it?

But this is not the way they think they often struggle with anxiety, which means

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