Dr. Siggie Cohen is on the show today! She is passionate about helping families connect and thrive. She has been working with families for over three decades, first as a teacher and then as a child development specialist.

Her own kids are all grown, so she has been there and done that and gives us some valuable advice in this episode!

What we talked about:

04:45- Dr. Siggie’s parenting journey

8:15- Being a working parent

10:35- Having a presence on Instagram

12:20- Surface and underlying triggers as a parent

16:10- Sharing our emotions with our kids

21:30- Finding a balance between sharing emotions with kids and having authority

27:35- When you “do it all right” and parenting is still hard and your discipline is unsuccessful

32:00- Parenting each child differently

34:55 – Parenting older kids when you don’t agree with their decisions

39:30- Punishing kids

48:10- End of podcast questions

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