Parenting The Adlerian Way

This is one of my longer podcasts because I was intrigued with the compelling content of the discussion I had with Stéphane Deschênes, founder of the Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park and President of the International Naturist Federation. I caught up with him in Paris, France.  

I learned more about the motivation behind living as naturist. Turns out it holds many Adlerian principles at its core too. We discussed the benefits for children, which is especially important given the growing rates of mental health issues for children with body image issues.  

Stéphane also discusses the irrational parental fear that some parents have regarding how safe his and other parks around the world are.  

A fascinating episode!

You can learn more about Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park at their website here.

And follow them on social media at: 

IG @bareoaks

YouTube BareOaks

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Q1. Discovered my 13yr old is texting with a girl who says she is cutting.  

Q2. Stepmom of 10yr old looking for support for dealing with parental alienation.

Q3. Do you have a podcast with the whole parenting theory? 

Q4. Nanny of 2yr old & 3 mo old asks how to help Dad who is now losing sleep as the once trained 2 year old is waking again in the night.

Q4. Nanny of 2 yr old asks for help with transitions that lead to anger and throwing items.

Resources from this episode: 

Check out Jamie Scrimgeour’s work with step parenting 

Book on Parental Alienation:  Parenting With A Toxic Ex

Details and registration for Alyson’s Webinar “School Readiness – Utilizing the Summer to Prepare for School” 

If you have a question for me – email me at [email protected] 

Check out more free parenting advice on my blog at www.alysonschafer.com 

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive a free “Home Responsibilities by Age” checklist.

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In this episode I talk to Rachael Katz, author of the book “The Emotionally Intelligent Child”. We discuss the importance of understanding the developmental continuum our children are on as they learn social and emotional intelligence, as well as activities to help them develop in these areas. Rachael introduces her MIND framework, which stands for Mindfulness, Inquiry, Non-Judgmental, Decide as tools and skills to develop as we tackle the bigger skill of parenting. 

Buy Rachael’s book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Intelligent-Child-Cooperative-Well-Balanced/dp/1684038154

More details on the book from the publisher New Harbinger Press: 

https://www.newharbinger.com/9781684038152/the-emotionally-intelligent-child/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAw8OeBhCeARIsAGxWtUyu6qhtnC2ModrhlWY8b3Bo3eYJEnlmDu0_scv-fZNeFLfWdk1A1pEaAr5vEALw_wcB

Send any questions or comments to Rachael on LinkedIn at:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-katz/

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Psychologist Dr Vanessa Lapointe discusses the recent stats on the negative effects of social media on our youth’s mental health. We also discuss the film “The Cost Of Beauty” - a 3 minute heart-wrencher of a documentary about a mother and daughter ‘s journey of how social media created a deadly eating disorder. Dr Lapointe discusses Dove’s Self Esteem Project and their latest project to encourage parents to petition for changes to the Kids Online Safety Act to put youth mental health ahead of profits. 

You can find the movie, The Cost of Beauty, and the petition form, youth mental health hubs here:  https://www.dove.com/ca/en/stories/campaigns/kids-online-safety.html

Download the confidence kit here:  

https://www.dove.com/ca/en/dove-self-esteem-project/help-for-parents.html

More about Dr Vanessa LaPointe here:  

https://drvanessalapointe.com

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Sue Groner is a certified Positive Discipline parent educator and the author of “Parenting with Sanity & Joy: 101 Simple Strategies”, as well as creator of the CLEARR™ method of parenting. In this episode, Sue talks about her parenting model and also gives very clear examples for screen time, school lunches, clean rooms, healthy eating and more.  

Parents can visit her website to receive 5 tips for Parenting with Sanity and Joy – Now!  

Her Podcast is The Parenting Mentor Sessions Podcast (anywhere you get your podcasts). 

Her book “Parenting with Sanity & Joy: 101 Simple Strategies”.

And, here’s where you can find Sue: 

https://theparentingmentor.com 

https://www.instagram.com/theparentingmentor/ 

https://www.tiktok.com/@theparentingmentor 

https://twitter.com/ParentMentoring

https://www.facebook.com/theparentingmentor1

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-g-groner-09aa395/

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Q1. Daughter talks like a “mean girl” to her sister. Will she talk to everyone like that? 

In this episode I also discuss a common parenting trend I see: The gridlock between parent and teen as the parent says “why should I do something nice for you when you are being so rude and irresponsible” and the child is thinking “why would I want to be nice and co-operate with you when you are so mean to me?”. 

I also shared some great ways for parents to get more involved and learn more about Adlerian parenting ideas. Here are the links: 

NASAP (North American Society of Adlerian Psychology) annual conference June 1-4 in Denver, CO. Check out The Parent Track

ICASSI (International Committee of Adlerian Summer Schools and Institutes) in Dublin, Ireland. I am attending the first week July 30th to Aug 5th, but there is also the second week Aug 6th – 12th. You can do one or the other or BOTH! 

The Daily Adler e-newsletter and The Daily Adler Podcast (hosted by my brother Jeff Knight). 

If you have a question for me, email me at [email protected] 

Check out more free parenting advice on my blog at www.alysonschafer.com 

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive a free “Home Responsibilities by Age” checklist.

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As a childhood survivor of cancer, Dr Kelly Fradin grew up to become a pediatrician dedicated to helping children with complex medical conditions. She has been helping parents navigate the challenges that arise once you get a diagnosis for a child. We talk about how to find good information and support, about how this impacts the marriage and siblings, how to find the joy on the journey and much more. Even if you aren’t parenting a child with a diagnosis, we can all learn how to be a better community for those who need us too. 

You can order the book here: 

You can follow Dr Fradin’s parenting advice on IG @AdviceIGiveMyFriends

Dr Fradin’s website https://adviceigivemyfriends.com

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Parenting often targets the Mom demographic and their needs and wants, leaving us to assume Dads don’t engage enough. Turns out, Dads just want to engage differently! My guests Dave Drazen and Dr Brian Lewis are two Dads who have conducted a lot of research to learn about that difference so that Dads who want to step up their parenting get the support they need the way in they want it delivered.  

From this episode: 

North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) and its annual conference is here. 

Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) here

Dr Brian Lewis on FB here

Dave Drazen is on social media @daviddrazen

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Q1. 7yr old daughter with anxiety has explosive fits when things don’t go as she’d like.  

Q2. When to start talking about sexual consent and how? Is 11 too young? 

Q3. 16 yr old son embroiled in a power struggle who refuses to communicate about the need to work together instead of living like he’s in a boarding house.

Q4. 5 yr old triplets and a 2 yr old sibling. One refuses to own responsibility for mistakes and blames others, one is quirky and hoards things in her bed and the room is chaos. And the 2 yr old refuses to eat what is served so dinner is a 1.5 hour ordeal. 

If you have a question for me – email me at [email protected] 

Check out more free parenting advice on my blog at www.alysonschafer.com 

Sign up for The Daily Adler to get a hit of Adlerian inspo and learning in your inbox https://dailyadler.com

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive a free “Home Responsibilities by Age” checklist.

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Dr. Ben Rader and I discuss the concept of “chosen family”. It turns out that almost everybody has a chosen family if they take a moment to consider the idea. Ben helps us understand the important role a chosen family provides in creating social belonging as well as important opportunities it provides to either perpetuate or change the roles we play in our most important relationships. 

Check out Dr Rader’s community at www.MASLCommunity.org

Check out the Color of Child Welfare conference we discussed here: https://www.eventleaf.com/e/COCW2023

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