Are you a mom who is worried about whether or not you are hurting your kid? Have you ever wondered if what you’re doing is a mistake or if it is bad parenting? Sometimes the choices we make as parents end up hurting our kids. This is never our intention, but it happens. Are you beating yourself up over this? How do we navigate this? Listen, humans need challenges, troubles, and strife to grow and develop. Ann talks about this in this week’s episode. Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Don’t discount this episode because you don’t have a teen. This episode will apply to your toddler and your preteen as well! Are you white-knuckling it through each day? Do you feel you get it all wrong as you parent your teen (or toddler or preteen)? In today’s episode, we’ll talk about everything we do wrong as a parent and what to do instead. Too much talking, too extreme, too vague. Time to put some new tools in the toolbox! Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Are you a mom who finds yourself telling your kids just to calm down or to stop crying? Do you have a “drama queen” in your family? Are you the “drama queen?” When your child breaks a rule and you freak out about it, you give them energy, intensity, emotion, and attention. This is scratching your child’s itch. How do we remain neutral? How do we avoid getting upset? Is it time for some inner work? Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Are you a parent struggling with some really hard stuff with your kids? Do you feel disconnected from your child/teen? How do we parent well when the shit hits the fan? Are you trying to figure out how to deal with your fear, shame, and self-doubt? Thoughts of suicide, self-harm, addiction, and school struggles are real, and we need the tools to get us through these tough times. Listen in to hear about the gold standard of parenting and why that gold standard should not change no matter how difficult the situation is. Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Do you use phrases like, “If you don’t clean up your room, I will turn all your toys into Goodwill?” “If you’re good at the doctor’s office, I will take you for ice cream.” I say, watch your “IF.” What if your rules are for YOU and not your kid? Are you a parent that needs help redefining your rules and consequences? Radical responsibility! Are you following YOUR rules? Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Do you have this thing you should be doing, BUT you’re not, and you can’t help but think, what the heck is wrong with me? Why am I not doing it??? Today Ann is talking about this - Why can’t I stay calm or calm myself down before responding to my kid’s behavior? Are you parenting mad? Get a crash course on your nervous system and what you can do to get past the “beaver dam!” Don’t feed your demon! Could your sea of tranquility be as close as your closet? Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Are you the boss in your family, OR just bossy? Would you call yourself a control-freak parent? Are you an authoritarian parent? This podcast episode is definitely for you…but don’t worry. Ann will confess that she tends to be that way, too, without doing the hard work each day to improve! Beating yourself up about it will not fix it! What if you are being in control by NOT controlling situations with your kids? It’s about controlling what’s inside of us, not outside. Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Are you a parent who is freaking out because dad doesn’t parent like you or Gramma doesn’t play by the same set of rules as you? Are you constantly worried that the lack of consistency will affect your child? Find out how the consistency IN a relationship is what matters more – not the consistency BETWEEN relationships! Wouldn’t it feel amazing not to have to be the manager of all of those relationships? Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Why does my kid have to learn everything the hard way? Sound familiar? Do you find yourself doing things for your child just to make their life easier? Who is really benefiting from that? They have to go through it to learn it! What is your role as they go through “the hard way?” Are you a solver or a supporter? Are you a parent that needs help figuring this all out? This episode is for you! Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!

Pick your battles…we’ve all heard that phrase, and I am sure most of us have used that phrase. Are you a parent that finds themself giving in to that phrase when it comes to boundaries? I set this boundary, and my child crossed that boundary, but I don’t feel like dealing with the fallout, so whatever…I just need to pick my battle. Does that play out on repeat in your home? Do you really care about that boundary you’ve set? Where did those boundaries come from? Expect to hear from Ann weekly with great tips on parenting from toddlers to teenagers. Subscribe to Confessions of a Parent Coach so you don’t miss an episode!