Parenting The Adlerian Way

With a thirteen percent increase in drug deaths last year, it seemed fitting to talk to skateboard prodigy Brandon Turner, who overcame his own struggles with addiction and run-ins with the law. We’ll hear his journey to sobriety and how that led him to create a new rehab center that provides skateboard programs (and other types of programs as well) to create a safe, healthy, and healing community for teen skateboarders and beyond.  

Learn more at:

https://healthyliferecovery.com 

Social media: 

IG @healthyliferecoveryinc and @bturner_

FB https://www.facebook.com/healthyliferecoveryinc 

LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-turner-b35089100

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Q1. How to help a tween adapt to our moving to a new town and high school? 

Q2. 7yr old daughter refuses medicine for her cold. 

Q3. 6 yr old son is being aggressive and defiant at school.

Q4. How do we parent proactively around prevention of addiction?

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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I sat down with Jim White, a coach and founder of The Family Enrichment Academy to talk about his latest book “How To Be The Parent Your Teenager Needs You To Be”.

Jim explains the importance of building connection with your teen and how to set the stage to do so. He also talked to me about empowering our teens by intentionally choosing a “love-based mindset”, which he explains. One of his main takeaways for parents is to recognize that all “bad” or unwanted behaviour by teenagers is actually a call to connect. He recommends making the shift from trying to control what your teenager does to empowering them to be their absolute best. 

Download Jim’s free resource for listeners, “10 questions you should never ask your teenager and the 10 questions you should be asking”, at https://www.familyenrichmentacademy.com/questions 

Website: https://www.familyenrichmentacademy.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KxKx0WQAwmz5qKh5sapGA

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Adlerian therapist, Dr Sara Saeedi works with youth in a counselling centre in British Columbia. She shares research findings and insights into the “good, the bad and the ugly” of social media and how it’s usage can hurt self-esteem or grow social interest and belonging. She offers tips for parents to help manage the content and amount of social media usage. 

Follow Dr Saeedi here:

FB https://www.facebook.com/drsarapsychology/

IG & TikTok @drsarapsychology 

Check out ICASSI - the Adlerian summer school – coming up in Ireland in 2023.

https://www.icassi.net

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Q1. 7yr old boy is very impatient and screams about small stuff.  

Q2. 16yr old girl feels judged by other girls and flees unless friends are with her.

Q3. 15 yr old boy won’t listen to parents about getting more sleep. 

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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Dr Vanderloo is the Scientific Director for ParticipACTION and Dr Tremblay is the President of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, and the Chief Science Officer for the ParticipACTION Report Card. In this episode we talk about the recent report called the Global Matrix 4.0 and how poorly Canadian children are doing compared to other countries when it comes to initiatives to keep our kids physically active. We discussed the impacts of the pandemic, both good and bad, as well as actionable tips every family should be taking to get our kids MOVING!

To learn more, check out these links: 

ParticipACTION

Instagram (English)

Instagram (French)  

TikTok

Facebook 

Twitter (English) 

Twitter (French)  

LinkedIn

YouTube 

Active Healthy Kids 

https://www.activehealthykids.org/4-0/ 

https://www.participaction.com/the-science/children-and-youth-report-card/

 https://twitter.com/activehealthyk1

 https://www.facebook.com/ActiveHealthyKidsCanada

 https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahkga/

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When we raise our children, we bring our whole selves to the job. But for most of us there are unresolved wounds and hurts from our childhood that can negatively impact our children. In this episode, Sophia Barna and I discuss the self-responsibility of self-care to heal our wounds, and how to love unconditionally. 

Find Sophia here:

www.crossingyourbridges.ca

Facebook

YouTube

And check out, or purchase, her book at: "The Simple Way: A Graceful Path to Success" 

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Q1. Should I force my 11 yr old to include their 7 yr old twin siblings in their playdates? 

Q2. 7yr old grade 2 (who was a premature December baby) wants to see his report card which indicates he is “progressing with difficulty” in all subjects. Do I show him?

Q3. Should I pay someone to be a friend for my 14yr old son with Asperger’s who has no friends?

Q4. My 7 and 10yr olds make their lunch but still prefer to take the offerings from the fridge in the classroom meant for kids who can’t afford to bring one. 

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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Today’s guests are the rock stars of motherhood. They literally fill stadiums with cheering mom fans on their multi-city tours across North America and beyond. Yes, they even travel by tour bus with wine and roadies! They have captured the hearts of moms everywhere with their honest and authentic convos about modern motherhood. With such a huge fan base that they engage with regularly, it was a perfect chance to ask Cat and Nat what they are seeing out there as trends and concerns in motherhood today. They also have taken my parenting classes, so I was especially interested to see how that stood up with everything else they see. Check out their perspective.

You can find Cat and Nat on social media at @catandnat and @thecommonparent

Listen to their podcast called “Cat and Nat Unfiltered”.

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Doug Price is a riot! And he is on a mission to teach 17 year olds financial literacy so they become millionaires. What 17 year old isn’t going to perk up their ears when someone asks if they want to be a millionaire?! In this episode we discuss his book and how he is resonating with youth to teach this important life skill - a skill parents often fail at themselves.  

His book, “17 to Millionaire” has its own website: www.seventeentomillionaire.com

The course SmART Money Canada website: www.smartmoneycanada.ca

On Twitter: @17tomillionaire

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