If your child is spirited, independent, and strong-willed, you might feel like you're at your wit's end with parenting. That's where Mary Van Geffen comes in as the go-to parenting coach for moms dealing with Spicy Ones™️.

Parenting these kids can be isolating and tough, but Mary knows firsthand that having support and a community makes it easier to embrace and understand your lively and determined child.

As the international parenting coach for moms of Spicy Ones™️, Mary specializes in helping capable individuals who feel overwhelmed by motherhood. She encourages them to stay calm, be kind, and stand firm in their parenting approach. Mary offers online parenting classes and her popular 8-week group program: Moms of Spicy Ones, is designed to empower moms with the confidence to adopt gentle and respectful parenting practices, even if it's different from how they were raised.

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3:00: How the Spicy One term came to be

10:30: Twenty percent of kids are difficult, strong-willed, and determined 

16:00 Tantrums are part of human development and human development is messy

35:30 How to use “the do-over” in family situations 

42:00 How to see the good in your child 

44:00 How to participate in Mary’s courses  

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