Revolution Parenting

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Do you or your child/children have a fear of the doctor or dentist?

How do you handle it?

Listen this week as Abby and Dianne offer some suggestions on how to make this a little easier for you and your kids.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Taking kids to the doctor or dentist is stressful for Dianne and Abby [5:15]

Dianne’s recent doctor experience with Brandon [9:53]

Kids don’t know the doctor is safe [11:42]

Validating [12:50]

Advocating for your kids [16:22]

Don’t lie…just be honest [20:00]

Make the doctor the only thing you do that day! [22:30]

The temperature in the room [25:12]

Your kid counts on you [30:20]

Other episodes to check out or links to things we talked about:

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Revolution Parenting Podcast

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

How do you feel about your kids friends?

If you feel like you just don’t mesh with other families sometimes, you aren’t alone.

Listen this week as Abby and Dianne talk about how to handle your kids relationships.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Friends AND their parents [6:01]

Parenting styles differ [8:16]

Older kids [11:58]

Safety issues [14:20]

Having the conversations [21:16]

When your kids feel rejected by friends [25:52]

Separating yourself from the situation [30:15]

Socialization [33:39]

Other episodes to check out or links to things we talked about:

Schooling episode

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1755123/episodes/8400735

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/


Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Do you ever feel like you are being manipulated by your children?

Believe it or not, it’s impossible.

Check out this week’s episode and hear more about why kids cannot be manipulating. 

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Manipulation is a learned skill [1:11]

Why are we talking about manipulation today? [3:48]

Who are we to decide what someone should be feeling [6:34]

Functioning in our environment [7:50]

Let the feelings happen [12:04]

What else is happening in the environment? [17:37]

How we get attention as adults [19:11]

Highly sensitive children [20:27]

Co-regulating [30:45]

Jack and Exley at the dentist [32:25]

Other episodes to check out or links to things we talked about:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1755123/8733200

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1755123/8733200

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1755123/8919123

https://www.janetlansbury.com

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Consent...

How do we teach it?  And did we ever really learn it ourselves?

Check out this week’s episode and hear more about why consent is so important. 

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Nobody was taught consent [1:03]

You want your kids to have a voice [7:03]

Website for teaching consent (link below) [8:06]

Exley’s experience at the park [10:03]

Having conversations [13:24]

Abby hates tickling [17:36]

Sharing is caring [25:38]

Listening to your kids [27:58]

Getting over how we were brought up [32:31]

 Website about consent and boundaries

https://www.safesecurekids.org

 Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

 Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com

Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Today we talk about modeling.

Not modeling contracts or super models.  Modeling behavior.

Your kids are watching.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Jim Henson quote [1:23]

Creating a healthy lifestyle out of an unhealthy one [5:11]

Dianne’s road rage story [9:03]

Abby’s life as a super rager [11:04]

Don’t be the jerk [15:16]

You can mess up.  What you can do about it [21:00]

When you want behaviors modeled and they don’t do it [21:18]

Priorities to model [25:51]

The swearing debate [29:12]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

 Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com

Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Do you struggle with family membersNot respecting your boundaries as a parent? Do they butt in with their opinions? Do they want you to do things their way?  

This week, Dianne and Abby discuss setting boundaries  with family. 

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

 
WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

How Abby confronted her family with boundaries [2:57]

Dianne’s experience [7:52]

Working hard to not parent like our parents [12:41]

How things change with your child [16:13]

Others who are pushing ideas onto your kids [18:49]

Part of the transition [21:54]

Emotional maturity [26:07]

Independent or disconnected? [28:32]

Blowing fire [29:02]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Why don’t we treat children like real human beings??

Why doesn’t a child’s opinion matter?

This week, Dianne and Abby discuss why children should be looked at as people.  And how connection fits in..

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about: 

Being a parent [3:58]

Expectations of making parents look good [7:11]

Looking at children differently [8:39]

Learning from our own kids [11:26]

Different from birth.  All of us. [13:11]

How Dianne became a vegetarian [17:09]

Sleeping alone [20:49]

Creating connection [23:56]

Revolution begins at home [26:41]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/ 

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com

Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

What’s the deal with screen time?

What exactly is considered screen time, anyway?

Let’s have the conversation about what it is, and what it’s not.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Let’s go back [2:18]

Abby’s 1st experience with screens and kids [5:07]

Difference between parenting, screens and neglect [7:59]

What is screen time? [11:00]

Learning all the time [15:10]

Screens at dinner and bedtime [17:25]

Having that strong relationship [20:12]

Look at your kids, not the science [22:46]

Opportunities for good conversations [30:58]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Parenting is hard!

What if you find yourself disagreeing with your partner about how to parent?

Tune in and hear what happens when Dianne and Abby experience this.

Remember, what happens on Revolution Parenting stays on Revolution Parenting.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Thoughts of parenting before kids [3:45]

Not arguing in front of the kids [7:32]

How to become disempowered [8:32]

Dianne’s experience [9:47]

The prom [16:49]

How do you co-parent with someone who isn’t? [19:19]

When the other parent doesn’t show [21:50]

Giving kids helpful feedback [24:04]

Vengance does not go well with parenting [31:30]

Having a united front [33:17]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com

Welcome to the Parenting Revolution!

Has your child ever had a tantrum when you were out in public?

If the answer is no, are you even a parent?

How do you handle public tantrums?

Get up close and personal right here at Revolution Parenting.

If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected].

WE HAVE TRANSCRIPTS!!  You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox!

Things we talked about:

Dianne stalked facebook for this episode [1:59]

Tantrums related to development [5:07]

Helping someone who’s struggling [10:34]

Giving in or not giving in?? [12:24]

Jack’s tantrum at the Ford dealership [17:02]

Looking at the situation [23:19]

Tantrums do end [28:08]

Check out Dianne’s blog here~

https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/

Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~

• Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
• Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com