On this week's episode Tina helps with a child that feels unsafe in their own room at night. What do you do when your child has had an awful fright and is now too afraid to sleep on their own? Tina supports a mother through this with some helpful advice and workable tips that might be useful to anyone having issues with their child feeling settled. Have your kids gone from cute to rude over night? Have they stopped listening and you feel completely dismayed by their disrespectful behaviour? Is there any way back? Tina and Jarlath think there is light at the end of the tunnel. Together they try their best to help a mom of four year old twins get her boys back on track.

Be sure to stay tuned to the end and laugh along with some of the really strange things Tina had been getting wrong for most to get adult life. Jarlath tries to help her feel better by sharing some of our listeners mistakes too. We can’t believe that we are at episode 19 already! Thank you again for subscribing, sharing and supporting our show. To reach us email [email protected] or support the continuation of the series financially by supporting us on Patreon. There's heaps of bonus content there for you to enjoy in return.

Is your child super clingy? If you're wondering how you can you survive this super dependent stage, today's episode is for you. This week Tina calls upon all of her experience working with extreme childhood behaviours to help our emailers who feel overwhelmed by what their kids are throwing at them. Clinging to you is hard to manage but what do you do if your child is clinging to their clothes? We hear about a child that refuses to get dressed? Are you pulling your hair out while trying to pull their clothes off? How can you tackle the getting dressed battle and preserve your sanity? Jar and Tina have an exciting announcement to make and we hear from a Mom who can't get her child to stop biting. Tina knows how to help and provides a set of steps for anyone in this situation. If you live in fear of when your child might use their teeth to hurt someone, you will need to hear this. Is there hope for your little biting cutie pie? Of course there is. You are not alone, this is a common behaviour and easily helped. Listen in to hear how you can help your child no longer feel the need to bite! Make sure to email us on [email protected] or find us on www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad.

Welcome back, Happy New Year and congratulations on surviving your kids this Christmas. In today's episode Tina and Jarlath dive into the secret struggle of most parents after the holiday season. How can we "unspoil" our children. Can we get them back to some kind of normal or has the Santa fever sent them round the twist?

Is your child a runner? Do they just not listen to you? Do you worry about leaving the house so much that it’s just easier to just stay home? Tina has seen it all before and has a great strategy that will definitely help. Listen in to hear her solution and get your life outside of the house back. WARNING: In this week's episode we are reminded how tough being a Mom can be. Do you feel on your own in finding it tough? More than likely. Are you actually on your own in feeling that way? Absolutely not. Your feelings are important and your feelings are never wrong. Asking for help is essential. Taking care of yourself is a necessity. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Contact Tina on [email protected] today with whatever is happening in your parenting life. Find us on Patreon and gain excess to exclusive extra content www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad

Worried about relatives who interfere in your parenting at Christmas? Concerned your kid will go off the rails the second Santa comes? You need to hear this week's episode. Tina gives us her number one life hack for defusing those awkward Christmas moments in front of your family and friends. We get an email from a Mom whose kid won't stop pooing in her sink! He refuses to poo anywhere else and this Mom needs help. Thankfully Tina has an answer and strategy for extreme toilet behaviours that seem never ending. Finally we hear from a parent whose child is living for screen time. Is there a way around this addiction or has the horse bolted. Tina thinks there's a way to make your screen time part of the answer. Over in the extended Patreon cut of this episode we hear from a parent who can't get her twins to play together unless the female of the two presents herself as a male! There's also parenting news featuring a famous Mom who refuses to buy her kids Christmas presents. (www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad)

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What do you do when you trust another family with your child and they show them a film they aren’t ready for? What do you do if your child has been traumatised by something they saw on screen? Is your child in a troubling WhatsApp group? Have you seen something worrying being shared within the group. What is your parental responsibility? Tina tries to help a parent who can't unsee what her daughter is saying in her friend group. And finally, is your child completely obsessed with dressing up? When does it stop being adorable and start being a problem. We also hear from one a mother who followed Tina's advice and is experiencing great success in resolving unnecessary roughness between siblings.

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Kids walking in on couples in the middle of "sexy times" is apparently a lot more common than you'd think. Today on the show Tina and Jar puzzle out what's the best approach when coping with the aftermath. Do you deny, deny, deny or go full frontal honesty? In a completely separate question, Tina gets asked what to do if your kid says, "I know you don't love me." Is ignoring these words the only way forward or do you need to make time for a child who is highly sensitive or even a little paranoid that they are being forgotten? We are living in very strange days. How do you prepare your kids for not getting exactly what they asked for from Santa? Don't forget to submit your questions and feedback to [email protected] - We love hearing from you. Your emails are the life blood of this show. No problem too big or small. Tina is here to help.

Sleep. We all need more of it. Some of us are getting none of it. Some of us have decided that a "normal" sleep routine is beyond our children. Some of us are resigned to having our kids sleep in our beds until they are adults! Ciara Taylor of www.taylormadebabies.ie has been helping parents with every sleep issue imaginable for years. Today she joins us to answer the questions you submitted around the nocturnal turmoil you have found yourself in. This is a remarkable conversation that is bound to be helpful to any parent experiencing difficulty with their little one's habits in relation to naps and night time sleep. To contact us with your questions, please email [email protected] - Special thanks to Ciara Taylor and all our emailers. Don't forget you can support the show and find bonus episodes on www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad.

Honey, You're Ruining Our Kid is an Irishman Abroad Podcast produced in association with GoLoud.

Do you have problems with bedtimes, getting your kids to sleep in their own beds, naps or waking up too early? Get your questions in for sleep expert Ciara Taylor (https://www.taylormadebabies.ie). She changed the lives of thousands of parents with her innovative and ingenious methods. Next week Ciara will be our special guest and she will answer them all. In the meantime, today's episode focuses on one mother and her struggle to get her child in the door of the school each morning. Can Tina help? She's certainly seen this quite a bit during her 20 years in education and behavioural units. "I HATE YOU!" Maybe you shouted it at your parents when you were a kid. Regardless of whether you did or not, it cuts deep when it's said to you. But what do you do if it feels like your child really means it. And finally, the Dad who loses the rag with his kids. What do you do if your partner's temper is getting the better of them. Contact the show with your questions [email protected] - no problem to big - no situation too small. Massive thanks to all of our supporters on patreon.com/irishmanabroad and the team at GoLoud.

A Dad who has been spying on his kids with a BabyCam learns something truly shocking. A Mom who worries she is passing on her negative relationship with food to her four year old. And a kid that cannot stop whining for things they want. Tina has coping strategies that she has seen work for all of these parents. Jarlath introduces Dr Gabor Maté and his theory that all kids are raised by different parents - even those in the same family.

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After a well earned midterm break there's a lot to discuss on today's show. What do you do when you witness abuse in public? What did Tina and Jarlath do when they witnessed a Dad being abusive to his son while they were away this midterm? Is your child still wetting the bed? Do they still hold on to their poos? What do you do when your child is a "cot escape artist"? How do you teach your kid to stay in their bed? Tina has some methods to help anyone experiencing these problems. Methods she has seen work time and time again. Two years in a pandemic has made us all a little bit more anxious. Is your child showing signs of anxiety? Have you noticed they’ve started to develop tics? What do you do? Jar asks Tina to talk us through what you should and shouldn’t do to help your child cope with these new behaviours. Also, in a new segment entitled, "I left you alone for 1 minute!" we find out what damage can Jarlath do when left unattended. As always the email to contact the show with your stories, questions and "I left him for one minute" tales, is [email protected]. Head to www.patreon.com/irishmamabroad to support the show and get access to more episodes.