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Calm Parenting Podcast

Kids Are NOT Supposed To Be Immediately Obedient

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Kids Are NOT Supposed To Be Immediately Obedient How many of you have been told kids are supposed to be immediately obedient? Maybe you were raised with that awful little saying, “Obey right away, all the way, with a happy heart.” And now you have a strong-willed child who I can guarantee will NEVER listen the first time. You will judged and question yourself, as if you are doing something wrong. I want to show you a different and better way to raise a curious, loving, and responsible child. Our Winter Sale Begins NOW: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete examples, along with multiple PDF Workbooks. Make 2024different. Click here to learn more and take advantage of our Winter Sale: https://celebratecalm.com/products/ Visit https://wholelifepet.com/ and use promo code CALM to get 25% off your first order with free shipping over $50. Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/calmfree and use code calmfree for FREE breakfast for life! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active. Get your kids something they will actually LOVE, use, and look forward to getting all throughout the coming year. Build your child’s confidence NOW! Visit https://crunchlabs.com/CALM and get your kids CrunchLabs today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How many of you have been told that kids are supposed to be immediately obedient?

0:05.0

Or maybe you were raised with that awful little saying,

0:07.5

obey right away, all the way, with a happy heart.

0:10.5

And now you have a strong will child who I can guarantee will never listen the first

0:16.0

time. And you're going to be judged. You're going to question yourself as if you are doing something

0:21.1

wrong. And I want to show you a different way. That is what we are going to

0:26.5

discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. So welcome, this is Kirk Martin,

0:30.0

founder Celebrate Calm, Find Us Celebrate Calm. find us at Celebrate Calm.

0:33.2

If you need help, reach out to our very strong-willed son,

0:36.2

Casey, C-A-S-E-Y, Celebrate Calm.

0:39.5

Tell us about your family, age of the kids,

0:41.0

what do they struggle with?

0:41.8

We get together as a family, we discuss it, we

0:43.6

reply back to you personally, and very specifically because that's our mission to help you out.

0:49.1

So this idea of first-time obedience is especially prevalent in conservative and religious

0:55.4

circles. It is deeply ingrained and I think it's wrong, it's harmful, it's against

1:01.4

human nature, it isn't remotely even scriptural. It ultimately

1:06.1

won't work and it will ruin your relationship with your strong-willed child.

1:10.8

And here are some additional wonderful benefits of pursuing this path.

1:15.5

It will cause dissension in your marriage.

1:18.4

It will crush your child's spirit and it will provoke real defiance.

1:23.4

And so for that reason, I hate this expectation.

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