Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- How we’re trying to raise non-fragile white kids
- Connection vs control
- Kid won’t say please + thank you
- How to deal with grief in front of young kids
- 2.5 yo hitting parents whenever they’re frustrated
- 5 yo has big scary feelings
- What kids’ resistance tells us
- Our Freedoms Model
- How resilience is built in kids
- Why we explore kids’ needs more than the behavior + impact
- Spirited 3 yo rejects 2 yo sib while playing
- How to teach kids about boundaries
- Spirited 2.5 yo struggling during transitions
- Parent struggling to self-regulate + not yell
- 4 yo son in pieces over ruined art project
- 4 yo + 7 yo sibs rivalry, jealousy
- Kid not wanting to leave preschool
- Alternatives to calling kids’ work “messes”
- 10 yo won’t brush hair or value hygiene
- Kid struggling with zoom school

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

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Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.