Timestamps

1.28 What’s the difference between a child psychiatrist and a child psychologist?

3.40 Why did you decide to specialize in child and adolescent psychology?

6:20 How to make decisions about what information to listen to

8:43 What do babies and young children really need from us? 

9:30 “No-nonsense tenderness” and setting limits

11:00 Developing a secure attachment relationship

12:24 Children need to be delighted in

15:17 How do we couple delighting in our children and no-nonsense tenderness?

20:15 How do we find delight in the tougher times?

22:46 Balancing helping your child and building their resilience

27:50 Authoritative parenting

28:40 Dealing with biting

29:20 Babies and young children can’t self soothe

31:50 Children CAN’T use their words when they’re having BIG feelings

37:10 Connect before you correct

38:00 They haven't "done the wrong thing". They've just fallen down.

39:52 Getting ourselves into the right headspace to be the parents we want to be

44:10 None of us are nailing it all the time

Dr Kaylene Henderson

Dr Kaylene Henderson is a medically trained infant, child and adolescent psychiatrist and one of Australia's leading parenting experts. She is also a trusted professional development provider for the early childhood education sector and a sought after media contributor and conference speaker.

In her warm and relatable style, Kaylene shares practical, research based advice with parents and professionals alike in the hope that together, we can bring out the best in the children for whom we all care.

I’m both a medically trained child health specialist and mother of three fun-loving young children. Having learned how to bring out the best in kids, I am now passionate about sharing these research-based approaches with parents.

As unique individuals, our children will all have different challenges to face as they get older. The good news is, you are in the perfect position to help your kids overcome these challenges and become more resilient – you simply need to learn how.

Each of my Advice Packs will provide you with instant, online advice across a range of topics (anxiety, behaviour, meltdowns and school readiness to name a few). These packs are filled with practical tips so that you can add a little more calmness, a little more confidence… a little more awesomeness to your wonderful children!

Thank you. . . You’re awesome.

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