Calm Parenting Podcast

By Kirk Martin

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What's Calm Parenting Podcast about?

Have a strong-willed child who doesn't respond to consequences, argues like an attorney, and refuses to do things your way? Good! You're in the right place. Celebrate Calm Founder Kirk Martin has given over 1,000,000 parents and teachers around the world practical, life-changing strategies to stop power struggles, yelling, and defiance NOW. Based on work with 1,500 challenging kids (many with AD/HD, OCD, ODD, ASD, etc.) in his home, and years spent in classrooms, Kirk's approach is refreshingly practical, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny! Questions? Visit us at www.CelebrateCalm.com or email us directly at [email protected]

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Stop Fights Between Sibling...

11.26.2023

This may be one of the most important podcasts I have ever recorded. We cover sibling issues, tension between parent and child, building confidence, and answers this question: "How can we REALLY change our home life?" We are extending our ...

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11.26.2023 Stop Fights Between Siblings & Parents. Build Confidence. This may be one of the most important podcasts I have ever recorded. We cover sibling issues, tension between parent and child, building confidence, and answers this question: "How can we REALLY change our home life?" We are extending our ...
11.19.2023 Thanksgiving: 8 Ways to Handle Big Emotions (And Judgmental Family!) Thanksgiving: 8 Ways to Handle Big Emotions (And Judgmental Family!) For many parents of strong-willed children, holidays mean getting judged by family members who don’t understand your child and getting pressured to be tougher with your discipline. I was embarrassed ...
11.12.2023 Parents with Big Emotions: 5 Responses When Kids Push Your Buttons. Parents with Big Emotions: 5 Responses When Kids Push Your Buttons. We’ve been talking about how to help kids with big emotions. But what about when WE as parents have big emotions, react, and yell? Especially when kids push your ...
11.08.2023 BIG DEFIANCE FROM A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP & CHILD BIG DEFIANCE FROM A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP & CHILD Confession: I didn’t like Casey when he was young. I nearly destroyed our relationship and my son. So how can you recover from this when you and your strong-willed child are opposites…or ...
11.05.2023 Stop Defiance & Big Emotions From Anxiety Stop Defiance & Big Emotions From Anxiety Do you have a child who struggles with anxiety? Who resists going to new places or trying new activities? You know once you get your child there, he will enjoy it. But it ...
11.03.2023 MEN: How to Stop the Yelling & Power Struggles (Men In The Arena Guest Podcast) MEN: How to Stop the Yelling & Power Struggles Find yourself yelling at your kids? Or repeating your own Dad's angry parenting patterns, the very ones you swore you'd never use? You know you shouldn't yell, but how else can ...
11.01.2023 Calming A Screaming Toddler or Venomous Teen Calming A Screaming Toddler or Venomous Teen You have a child who lets out a bloodcurdling scream or won’t calm down no matter what you try. You have a teenager oozing with attitude, spewing venomous words and glaring at you ...
10.29.2023 5 Strategies to Help Kids With Big Emotions 5 Strategies to Help Kids With Big Emotions Do you have a child with BIG EMOTIONS? Of course you do. Do you or your spouse have big emotions? Yeah probably. So we are going to kick off BIG EMOTIONS month ...
10.25.2023 Help For Homeschoolers Part II: 10+ Tips For Your Kids Help For Homeschoolers Part II: 10+ Tips For Your Kids In Part II of this series, we discuss more than a dozen ways to jumpstart your strong-willed child’s brain to help them complete their work more quickly, with less frustration. ...
10.22.2023 Is Giving Consequences “Threatening” Your Child? Better Ways to Discipline Is Giving Consequences “Threatening” Your Child? Better Ways to Discipline In this episode, Kirk answers this question, shows you how to use consequences when necessary AND also shares effective alternatives to consequences. Discipline means to TEACH and good discipline will ...
10.18.2023 Help For Homeschoolers Part I: 10 Secrets to Survive Help For Homeschoolers Part I: 10 Secrets to Survive If you are homeschooling a strong-willed child, you ARE going to experience constant pushback and resistance. How can you keep from being resentful and worn out while giving your kids tools ...
10.15.2023 Child Doesn’t Want Any Restrictions on Screen Time? 4 Script Options Child Doesn’t Want Any Restrictions on Screen Time? 4 Script Options Your kids call you controlling and too strict. They don’t want any limits on their screen time, won’t keep parental controls on their phone, and turn off location tracking. ...
10.11.2023 Men: What Your Wife is Afraid To Tell You Men: What Your Wife is Afraid To Tell You I made every mistake possible as a husband and father. I needed my son to behave and do everything I told him…precisely because I couldn’t control my own behavior. Men, I ...
10.08.2023 Best Morning Routine Idea! I Dare You To Try This Best Morning Routine Idea! I Dare You To Try This How many of you dread waking your kids up in the morning for school, starting the day with a power struggle at 6:42am?! Well, your kids dread this as well! ...
10.04.2023 3 Ways to Help Disruptive Kids in the Classroom 3 Ways to Help Disruptive Kids in the Classroom Consequences and behavior charts aren't working. So Kirk shares three practical ways to help with disruptive behavior in the classroom. Share this with teachers. If you get the Calm Parenting Package, ...
10.01.2023 School Struggles? 8 Weird Ideas To Improve Focus, Motivation, Homework & Writing School Struggles? 8 Weird Ideas To Improve Focus, Motivation, Homework & Writing It's not shocking to me that your kids are struggling with focus, attention, executive function, writing assignments, anxiety and more. That means power struggles over homework, kids shutting ...
09.27.2023 How to "Win" The Power Struggle Without Struggling How to "Win" The Power Struggle Without Struggling You ARE going to have power struggles with your strong-willed child, no matter the age. So often, we inadvertently make them worse by fighting them, trying to “win” as if it’s a ...
09.24.2023 Stealing, Lying and Spanking Stealing, Lying and Spanking So your son steals some money, lies directly to your face, and then confesses when he is about to be spanked. Is there a better way to handle this? Of course. Kirk shares really good insights ...
09.17.2023 When Kids Don’t Want to Do Things YOUR Way When Kids Don’t Want to Do Things YOUR Way Strong-willed kids are never going to do things the way you want them done. They aren’t. And it’s going to irritate you. Before you label them disobedient or rebellious, listen to ...
09.13.2023 Fighting Over Doritos: Handling Tantrums & Sibling Fights Fighting Over Doritos: Handling Tantrums & Sibling Fights Two kids bring home bags of Doritos. The brother eats them, sister complains, Mom intervenes and takes away snacks, son cries and has a tantrum. A teenager demands the car keys, doesn't ...
09.10.2023 My Son Follows Me, Relentlessly, Picking Fights My Son Follows Me, Relentlessly, Picking Fights What do you do when your child gets upset at you, then follows you around relentlessly, hurling socks and words at you until you give in or explode? Kirk shares a new script ...
09.03.2023 The Frustrated Child: 3 Ways to Help The Frustrated Child: 3 Ways to Help This podcast is jampacked with three big insights that WILL change your home and your child. How do you shift your focus when your child is frustrated, melting down, beating himself up? Kirk ...
08.27.2023 How & When To Be Stern, Without Being Mean How & When To Be Stern, Without Being Mean There are times when you can be understanding of your child’s reaction or attitude. But being too sweet or reassuring can actually make kids more insecure. So there are times that ...
08.20.2023 Stop Power Struggles Without Breaking Your Child’s Spirit Stop Power Struggles Without Breaking Your Child’s Spirit When you try to change another person’s behavior, you become frustrated because they don’t change quickly enough or the right way; they become frustrated because they can never change enough to satisfy ...
08.14.2023 A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension Everyone is on edge now with school returning. Your kids are going to pushback, become more mouthy and defiant, siblings are going to fight. In the moment, it’s so hard to remain in ...
08.12.2023 Moms, This is NOT Your Fault (Tough Toddler Troubles) Moms, This is NOT Your Fault (Tough Toddler Troubles) Do you have a young child who doesn’t follow instructions, only does what he wants to do, melts down when things don’t go her way, won’t do simple tasks quickly? Good! ...
08.09.2023 Let Your Kids Be Odd & Responsible For Themselves Let Your Kids Be Odd & Responsible For Themselves You have a child who came out of the womb different—more strong-willed, sensitive, peculiar, needing things to be done their way, resisting the way you want it done. You don’t like ...
08.06.2023 3 Quick Ways to Help Kids at Back-to-School Time As the new school year begins, you’re hoping the new teacher understands your child and can help him succeed, instead of relying on behavior charts that make things worse. So how can you prepare new teachers to help your child? ...
07.30.2023 Stop Making Your Kids Eat Your Food…Or Ideas Do you have a child that reflexively says, “No!” or “Why?” and rejects even your best, most well-intentioned suggestions? Of course you do! It’s frustrating, but Kirk shares a killer idea for getting your child to actually do what you ...
07.23.2023 You’re Not Yelling…Yet. But Here’s What Ticks You Off. You’re Not Yelling…Yet. But Here’s What Ticks You Off. Wouldn’t it be awesome if your kids just did what you told them to do? Without whining, dawdling, complaining, or arguing? Yes! But that’s not your reality. So how can you ...
07.16.2023 One New Idea When a Child Lashes Out One New Idea When a Child Lashes Out So your child is lashing out. You can’t distract, redirect, or reason with your child this time. Nothing is working. Kirk shares a new idea he used with hundreds of kids that ...
07.09.2023 Straight Up Defiance: 7 Ways to Stop It. Straight Up Defiance: 7 Ways to Stop It. Do you have a child who is defiant, oppositional, backtalks, or rolls his eyes? Kirk shows you how to be tough, get respect, and get to the root of the issue to ...
07.02.2023 When Kids Resist & Whine—Stop Trying to Make Everything Better When Kids Resist & Whine—Stop Trying to Make Everything Better Are you tired of feeling like you have to “make everything better” for your child or fix your child’s attitude? Are you tired of the complaining and whining and power ...
06.28.2023 Q&A: Exhausted By Lies, Defiance, Yelling, Moody Kids? Q&A: Exhausted By Lies, Defiance, Yelling, Moody Kids? How do you handle kids who lie and won't accept responsibility, husbands who yell, defiant kids who want to do thing their own way, kids who can't handle disappointment and whose moods ...
06.25.2023 2 Ways to (Re)Build Your Relationship With Your Strong-Willed Child 2 Ways to (Re)Build Your Relationship With Your Strong-Willed Child To my shame, I didn’t like our son when he was little and nearly destroyed my relationship with him. I struggled with how to connect with him. These kids are ...
06.23.2023 Kirk Answers Your Toughest Questions! Kirk Answers Your Toughest Questions! Have a child who dominates others and family time, whines or complains, won't do homework or clean up messes, struggles with perfectionism, social skills and more? Kirk answers tough questions from parents and adds important ...
06.18.2023 Handling A Demanding Child Without Losing Your Mind Handling A Demanding Child Without Losing Your Mind Do you have a child who comes downstairs in the morning (afternoon and evening) DEMANDING things or with a single-minded focus on doing something? You rightfully and reasonably say no to their ...
06.11.2023 How to Discipline Without Anger How to Discipline Without Anger A Dad at a conference asked, “How can I give my kids the benefits of discipline without the anger and broken relationships I experienced as a kid?” Kirk shows you exactly how to do this. ...
06.09.2023 "I Don't Have Anger Issues!" "I Don't Have Anger Issues!" When I was in my 30's, little things going wrong would cause me to explode. I'd yell, catastrophize ("Now the whole night is ruined!), storm off saying, "You guys would be better off without me!" ...
06.04.2023 Triggered By Messes? An Odd Way to Get Your Kids to Listen More Triggered By Messes? An Odd Way to Get Your Kids to Listen More What do your kids do that triggers you? Is it the constant sibling fights, the arguing, talking back, whining, or the messes they make? Kirk shows you ...
05.28.2023 Child Bossy, Melt Down Over Transitions & Losing, Argue Relentlessly? Child Bossy, Melt Down Over Transitions & Losing, Argue Relentlessly? Do you have a child who is bossy, melts down over changes in plans or transitions? Acts like a sore loser when playing games? Collects little stones and acorns in ...
05.21.2023 Sibling Fights: What Are The Consequences? Sibling Fights: What Are The Consequences? Siblings lash out, provoke and even hit one another. So how do you stop this from happening and what should the consequences be? Kirk provides three important points to help stop kids from lashing ...
05.15.2023 When Your Child Thrashes About—Teach Them To Be Responsible When Your Child Thrashes About—Teach Them To Be Responsible Ever have a child lose it over little things? Want your child to learn how to be responsible for himself? Kirk shows you how to resist jumping in to fix situations ...
05.07.2023 I Feel Like A Failure As A Mom! My Child Won’t Listen! I Feel Like A Failure As A Mom! My Child Won’t Listen! “Our son won’t listen at home, school, or at soccer practice. He just does his own thing. I feel like a failure as a Mom that I can’t ...
04.30.2023 How to De-Escalate A Nuclear Meltdown & Stop The Shame Cycle How to De-Escalate A Nuclear Meltdown & Stop The Shame Cycle Plans go awry, your child gets disappointed or doesn’t get his way. He begins getting upset. Rational talk doesn’t work. Nothing does. Now he’s in full meltdown mode and ...
04.23.2023 Why Do Strong-Willed Kids Push Your Buttons? Why Do Strong-Willed Kids Push Your Buttons? It’s a given. Your kids are going to push your buttons. They are going to irritate you. And you are going to react. And make things worse. So how do you stop reacting ...
04.16.2023 PANDAS, Pills, Patience & Pushups: Who Wins the Faceoff? PANDAS, Pills, Patience & Pushups: Who Wins the Faceoff? Your child is resistant to doing something they don’t like. You naturally get impatient. Your child whines and complains, and then takes a long time doing what you ask. You get ...
04.09.2023 Responding to Blatant Disrespect & Backtalk Responding to Blatant Disrespect & Backtalk Sometimes our kids spit out words we would have never said to our parents. We fear they will grow up to be rude, entitled, and rejected in the real world if we let them ...
04.02.2023 How To Restrict Phone Usage With Your Kids How To Restrict Phone Usage With Your Kids What do you do if you have a child whose phone usage is out of control, changing his or her moods, and causing constant conflict in your home? It often feels like ...
03.26.2023 How to Teach Kids Self-Control & Gratitude How to Teach Kids Self-Control & Gratitude You sacrifice so much for your kids and sometimes they don’t express gratitude. You don’t want them to grow up feeling entitled and walking all over you. Or maybe your kids can’t seem ...

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