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.

When does banter become bullying? How do you equip your child with a sense of humour, a thick skin and the courage to stand up and stand out? In this episode Tina talks about the fine lines that parents have to tread when dealing with their children and their first introductions to victim humour, piss-taking and below the belt remarks made in the name of "fun". A step Mom gets in touch about a child that will not stop begging for treats. Is there any way to get them to stop or eat healthier treats? This week's answer comes from an unusual source. Finally Jarlath outs Tina's worst eating habits from her childhood and we hear about a difficult situation of one child making another feel bad for liking supposedly "girly" toys and activities. How do you step in?

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What should you do if your toilet training plan goes off the rails and your child regresses back to having accidents? Tina has the answer you have been looking for. What do you do when you kid's best friend seems to want them all for themselves? How do you step in without going down the path of challenging the parents of another child? Death has been all around us for the last two years but that doesn't mean it's any easier to talk to our little ones about it when they start asking questions. As always Tina applies her 20 years of experience in early learning and severe behaviour units to help the listeners with what they are facing this week. Jarlath opens up about the time he nearly decapitated his kid and finds a parenting news story from India that will blow your mind. A grown man suing his parents for giving birth to him! You couldn't write it.

Honey, You're Ruining Our Kid is an Irishman Abroad Podcast made in conjunction with GoLoud. To contact Tina with your questions just email [email protected]

This week on "Honey, You’re Ruining Our Kid" we examine the problem of an older children being rough with their new born siblings. We hear from a couple locking horns on when to send their kid to school. Is it better to stay the extra year in early years or will a child get bored and become disenchanted with learning? "Why is my child not able to sit in his pram or high chair?" and "How do I comfort him when he screams and hides from me when he's upset?" We manage to squeeze plenty of laughs in too. Jarlath's mould scraping and Tina's negative self-talk comes under the microscope. Do you love your child more than your partner? When is it okay to spank? Your partner that is, not your child. If you're enjoying the series, get in touch, rate, comment and subscribe.

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