FizzyKids: The Podcast

We're back!  Season 3 kicks off with a reminder of how what we say, and how we say it, can dramatically improve your family dynamics.  Because we learn to use language and phrases that either prevents our kids going in to their primary brain and survival mode OR helps them come out of survival mode a bit quicker. I tell you a little bit about our family story and how we ended up with idea of re-learning our parenting language.

And there's a great bit of feedback from a lovely follower who shares her experience of using a different language approach to help her autistic son.

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Guilt is thinking you have done something bad; shame is thinking you are bad.  In this epsiode we discuss the impact that shame can have on fizzy kids, and how we as parents and carers can unintentionally induce a sense of shame in our kids.

Shame is such a powerful emotion and what we say and how we say it to our kids can add shame into our families and households.  Join Ali as she shares ideas and phrases that can help create a SHAME FREE ZONE in your homes.

We are nearing the end of the first season of FizzyKids: The Podcast where we have been sharing our journey to re-learn our parenting language and skills in order to help become the parents our kids need us to be.  Fizzy kids (those taking longer to learn to manage their big feelings or those with hidden disabilities) find it so much harder to express their feelings without displaying big behaviours; but how we talk to our kids has a huge impact on how a family and household can function.

We have spent time in this first season thinking about our language for the Angry Child and Rude Child, and the final episode will cover a Checklist to help re-learn our parenting language.

Thanks for all your support and feedback so far!

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Anger masks fear; rudeness masks fear; over-confidence masks fear; hiding away masks fear.

Identifying anxiety in our kids is such a hard task because it can be masked by many other emotions and behaviours; but how we draw out and talk to the anxiety is key in helping our kids to learn to manage their big feelings (and resulting big behaviours) around anxiety.  We may not be able to stop them feeling anxious, but we can help them find ways to talk about their worries and fears without making them feel ashamed or embarrassed about them.

We are half way through the first season of FizzyKids: The Podcast where we have been sharing our journey to re-learn our parenting language and skills in order to help become the parents our kids need us to be.  Fizzy kids (those taking longer to learn to manage their big feelings or those with hidden disabilities) find it so much harder to express their feelings without displaying big behaviours; but how we talk to our kids has a huge impact on how a family and household can function.  

We have spent time in this first season thinking about our language for the Angry Child and Rude Child, and further episodes will cover The Ashamed Child and a Checklist to help re-learn our parenting language.

Thanks for all your support and feedback so far!

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There is nothing that makes my blood boil more than rudeness from my kids!  How about you?

But as we are learning, there is nothing that some fizzy kids like more than an excuse to kick off!  Join us for Episode 3 of Season 1 (Learning a new parenting language) where I talk about getting to grips with rudeness and learning a different language and approach to help manage my feelings when my fizzy kids are being rude.  It turn, it's also helping them to learn a different way to respond to situations and that they don't always need to turn on their survival/caveman mode in order to get what they want.

Further episodes will focus on ideas for a new parenting language for the Anxious Child the Ashamed Child and more.  We are loving your feedback - so please keep sharing what's working for you and any other constructive criticism.

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What do you say to your child when they are angry?  How do you react?  How does it make YOU feel to see and hear their anger?

In this second episode of Season 1 (Learning a New Parenting Language), Ali explores what makes fizzy kids angry, how those big feelings can present as big behaviours and shares some ideas about how to talk to the anger (and the Angry Child) in a different way.

It's so easy to take our child's anger personally and to react to their Caveman 'fight mode' with our own 'fight mode' - the result is escalated situations and incidents rather than regulated ones.  We don't necessarily want to teach our kids to not be angry, we just want them to learn to be angry in the right way.

Further episodes will focus on ideas for a new parenting language for the Anxious Child, Ashamed Child, Rude Child and more!

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Meet the Atwal-Brice's!  

Paul and Michael adopted two sets of identical twins.  Their eldest sons, Levi and Lucas have Autism, Epilepsy and are non-verbal.

Hear their amazing story of overcoming the challenges, understanding Autism in their kids an how they have learnt to live their lives to the full (even if they openly admit it's pretty full on!).  Think you're busy?!  It's probably nothing compared to these guys!

Find out more about us at www.fizzykids.co.uk or on Instagram and Facebook @thefizzykids.

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Meet Amie.  Amie is an Ecologist with a passion for wildlife conservation having spent time across the world volunteering on projects after completing her degree. She also just happens to have secondary dystonia which she describes as cerebral palsey without the brain damage. But as you can probably tell, she hasn’t let that stand in her way. For the rest of the day after Amie’s interview I found myself reflecting on her honest words – she talks about her relationship with her family, her hopes for her future and shares some amazing messages for parents and carers of fizzy kids about what’s important to them growing up. And actually, it’s got very little to do with trying to fix all your child’s additional challenges in life before they reach 18 and much more to do with talking, growing together as a family and supporting the day-to-day ups and downs that any child would have. Grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy being part of the FizzyKids tribe. Find more @thefizzykids (Instagram & Facebook) or on our website www.fizzykids.co.uk. Parenting podcast, special needs parenting, special needs, additional needs, autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia, reactive attachment disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, special needs kids, sensitive kids, mental health, parental mental health.

Meet Nadim. Nadim is a Dad to his lovely kids and also a Parent Coach who has written books and set up companies about his experiences and professional understanding of how children develop their emotional intelligence, which as you know, is right up our street at FizzyKids HQ!

Nadim experienced a fizzy moment with his daughter when she was just 8 years old. She was a happy child and so positive and he thought nothing could ever affect her and she would go through life just being happy. However, for a couple of weeks she started becoming really difficult and mean to her siblings and it was getting worse. Nadim managed to actively listen to her and coach her and she ended up admitting ‘I hate myself’. It shows that even happy children who may seem to have no challenges and who have high self-esteem can have fizzy moments when they struggle to manage their big feelings and that it is so important to help them recover and feel better about themselves This is the key reason Nadim founded the Happy Confident Company, to create tools to ensure no kids would ever feel that way again.

Nadim also eloquently and candidly talks about the impact that his childhood experiences had on his parenting and how he believes that to be the best parents we can be to our fizzy kids, we all need to understand a little bit about child psychology and how their brains work.

Grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy being part of the FizzyKids tribe.

Find more @thefizzykids (Instagram & Facebook) or on our website www.fizzykids.co.uk. Parenting podcast, special needs parenting, special needs, additional needs, autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia, reactive attachment disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, special needs kids, sensitive kids, mental health, parental mental health.