Parenting The Adlerian Way

Do you have a parenting question for me?  Email me at [email protected] and I’ll answer in an upcoming episode. 

In this episode I referred to a great book on encouragement:  

https://www.amazon.ca/Skills-Encouragement-Bringing-Yourself-Others/dp/1574440047  ( I suspect it is crazy expensive because it’s out of print.)  another great book is: 

https://www.amazon.ca/Encouraging-Children-Learn-Rudolf-Dreikurs/dp/1583910824 and 

https://www.amazon.ca/Turning-People-How-Encouraging-Person/dp/0967343941

Q1.  How to encourage a teen to get physically active during online schooling?

Q2.  How to deal with  9 yr old son who is touching his private parts in public?

Q3.  How to help 10 yr old daughter manage her emotions at home?

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Amy Lang has been a sex educator for 25 years.  She has heard it all!  In this episode, Amy leads us through how and what to say about sex at each of age and stage of development.   Amy has also offered up a ton of resources to parents: 

Books:

Find all of these books and more here.

• It’s NOT The Stork (2 - 4) 
• It’s SO Amazing (4 - 11 ) 
• It’s Perfectly Normal (11+ - and you if you are feeling rusty!) 
• The Every Body Book  (9 - 13)

• Consent for Kids (5 - 13)
• Good Pictures Bad Pictures, Jr (4 - 8)
• Good Pictures Bad Pictures (8+) 

Monitoring and parental controls:

Circle - this link will give $20 off

The Gender Unicorn - https://drive.google.com/file/d/19oRy6p9W67C-W0MSMlJ4Nat4_cEdBiMl/view?usp=sharing

Find Amy Here: 

The Birds & Bees Solution Center- Everything you need to become your kids’ go-to birds and bees source.

Use code BBKFEB21 for $15 off! 

Just Say This! Amy’s advice-column style podcast

IG: @BirdsBeesKids

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

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Got a parenting question for me?  Email me at [email protected] and I’ll answer in an upcoming episode. 

Q1.  8 year old refuses to apologize 

Q2.  Divorced w/ shared custody, but teens want to see friends instead of uphold the parenting agreement to be with me outside the city

Q3.  Improve my patience levels 

Check out my Feb 23rd workshop on sibling rivalry

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Dr Belangee is an Adlerian clinician in private practice in Canton Georgia where she specializes in treating eating disorders from an Adlerian perspective.  In this episode we talk about social media’s impact on body image, family factors and personality traits of people who develop anorexia or bulimia, the difference between the two disorders, signs to watch for, preventative measures in your parenting, and how to approach dieting when it’s actually needed. 

Check out more about Susan here: 

Linkedin:  www.linkedin.com/in/susan-belangee-ph-d-lpc-b5248975

And Susan provided some great resources for listeners: 

National Eating Disorders Association – www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

ED Referral – www.edreferral.com (main page); for outside of US: www.edreferral.com/international

Boys and Eating Disorders - https://childmind.org/article/boys-and-eating-disorders/ (The Child Mind Institute site is a great one for general mental health info as well)

Book – Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher; recently revised 2019 for 25th anniversary

If you are interested in learning more about Adlerian psychology and parenting, check out the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology:  https://www.alfredadler.org and consider membership.

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Q1. Guilty about 3 year old being left in the dust, as parent is consumed with demands of helping 5 and 7yo with on-line school.

Q2. 10yr son won’t take responsibility for his actions and just blames others

Q3. My 13 yr daughter was confident as a child, but now fears what others will think of her.

Q4. How much freedom should I give a 13yr old if they are hanging with people who vape and smoke pot.

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Q1. Helping teens stay connected during COVID winter inside

Q2. Left Canada for Costa Rica so my 15yo would go outside – still won’t 

Q3. 13yr old finds world “loud and scary” after this long in her small bubble

Q4. How to decide to pull a disengaged student from on-line schooling

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Lauren is a sociologist, youth advocate and award winning educator.  In this episode, Lauren shares some of essential skills that students are developing right now that will be lead to later success after the pandemic.   Lauren talks about finding the balance being supportive while also nurturing independence as kids learn to do school remotely.  Drop the guilt,  get realistic, model healthy limits and much more! 

Check out more about Lauren here: 

Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/laurenbarr4innovated

Twitter – @Lauren_M_Barr

FB -  facebook.com/proflauren.barr

IG - @laurenbarr_innovat.ed

And Lauren provided some great resources for listeners: 

An article from MindShift:  How Can Teacher’s Nurture Meaningful Student Agency?

Greater Good has some wonderful science-based information from in positive psychology to help build those traits we need to manage life’s challenges more successfully.   https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/parenting_family

A letter I wrote to my students this fall: https://venngage.net/pl/ovjKALzpW2w

A Permission Slip for Parents – great video from an Ontario Administrator https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3605607989556485

Many parents and students don't realize there are free resources out there. If they have HS students who need the support of a text to understand concepts better, and they don't have one at home, these can be great.  Open Textbooks: 

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/

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Formerly of Saturday Night Live, and then applying his skills to teaching for 12 years, Jamie’s magical approach lead him to be the recipient of the TED Education-HuffPost International Teacher’s Award.  Jamie and I discuss Adler and what handwriting reveals about the subconscious. Jamie also explains ways to nurture children’s creativity at home, as well as tips for teachers on how to make both zoom and in-classroom learning more engaging! 

Check out more about Jamie Mason Cohen below: 

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemasoncohen

Twitter  @jamiemasoncohen 

YouTube: SATURDAY NIGHT LEADERS Virtual Workshop 

https://bit.ly/SATURDAYNIGHTLEADERS

Jamie’s Virtual Speaker’s Reel 

https://bit.ly/JamieMasonCohenReel

LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS #1 Amazon Best-selling Book

https://bit.ly/LIVEFROMYOURCLASS

Jamie’s Youtube Channel

https://bit.ly/JamieMasonCohenYoutube

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COVID has brought out a lot of mental health issues.  I can’t wait to share Paul’s interview with you, so you can gain a new understanding about mental health and emotions from an Adlerian perspective.  #GameChanger

You can find Dr Rasmussen’s book The Quest To Feel Good here

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-r-rasmussen-ph-d-b4452146/

Emotional Health Initiative Website for the workplace and employee well being

Rudolf Dreikurs Summer Institute: here

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Former teacher and NYT best-selling author, Jess Lahey discusses her book and the research that supports the best way to motivate learning so children can truly excel. Turns out that our parenting, while good-intentioned, can interfere instead of enhance our children’s success.  Learn why and what to do about it!  

You can follow Jess here: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-lahey-b815a366/

Twitter: @jesslahey

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

IG: @teacherlahey

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFJ5jb98nTWRKRPm1JS0i_g/featured

And listen in on her own podcast #AmWriting, co-hosted with bestselling authors KJ Dell’Antonia and Sarina Bowen: https://amwriting.substack.com/

KJ: https://kjdellantonia.com/

Sarina: https://sarinabowen.com/

You can buy her book here

And pre-order her latest book due for release in April 2021 here:  The Addiction Inoculation: https://www.jessicalahey.com/the-addiction-inoculation

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