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 kids learn about how to use power responsibly
- Why welcoming kids' resistance and big feelings is vital work
- Kid w/ potty regressions, misbehaving at school
- Kid delaying on walks, dragging feet, taking forever
- The power of Circling Back with kids after a conflict
- Parent worries kids are confused by both Control + new RESIST Approach
- Why conflict-filled moments should be more like an improv routine than a play written, directed by and starring us
- Parent feeling judged by others using a more respectful approach
- 4 yo won't stop insisting, whining, being obsessed with one thing
- Helping kids meet their sensory needs - tools for regulating their nervous systems!
- how can we allow resistance when our kids really do have to go to the doctor or the dentist type thing?
- 3 yo screaming and yelling with impatience when they don’t get their way about something
- kid rejecting self-regulation and calming suggestions from parent
- 4 yo saying he hates parents and sibs when upset 

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

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

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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.