Do you know what kind of unique brain your child has? Listen in to learn from Dr. Saline as she explains ADHD and how we can support those struggling with it.

• 5 C's of ADHD Parenting
• Strength-based thinking and attentive awareness
• ADHD Awareness
• Motivation outside-the-box thinkers
• Executive functioning skills
• Managing yourself first so you can be there for others effectively.

"Development is in the child's favor. The brain matures over time."

"Remember that ADHD is a disorder of self-regulation. Children cannot manage themselves the way they want to."

"We wanna help children try to feel good about what they are able to do. It's critical."

-Dr. Sharon Saline

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How do you deal with family members visiting and having a different approach to discipline and education? Listen in to learn how this French mom does it.

• Going back to work at 12 weeks postpartum
• Choosing the right daycare for your child and the Montessori Nido 
• Maternity leave in other countries
• Process art vs. crafts
• Setting up a Montessori environment with multiple ages
• Going back to school as an adult
• Raising her children differently than she was raised
• Setting boundaries with visiting family members
• Taking it easy and learning to be more relaxed

“Parenting is not easy, but it can be very enjoyable.”

“Following my child and their interest is what made me passionate about Montessori.”

“Loving learning is the most important thing you can do for yourself.”

- Melanie Phillips

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Do you worry about if your child is able to make friends easily? Listen in to find out what some of the red flags of social challenges might be. 

• 3 red flags to watch for when wondering about your child social skills
• How to help children develop positive social skills
• ADHD and Level One Autism
• Family dinner together are the foundation for social emotional learning
• Giving emotional language from the very beginning
• I spy game with emotions
• How gadgets and phones are the way we interact and what to do about it
• The importance of modeling getting out of our comfort zone
• When in doubt go with your gut

“Our job is to get them ready for the world” – Caroline Maguire

“We have to help them have positive relationships and choices in life.”– Caroline Maguire

“If your gut tells you something is the matter. It is.” – Caroline Maguire

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Does your day feel chaotic and would prefer a smoother rhythm? Listen in to find out how.

• Staying and living in the present moment
• The importance of setting up family rhythms
• Nourishing our children's literacy
• Waldorf Education explained
• Cooking with the children

• “Meeting our children in their present moment is the art of parenting.” - Meagan Wilson
• “Our responsibility as parents is to nourish our children's desire for literacy.” - Meagan Wilson
• “The most important work for parents is to do their own inner work.” - Meagan Wilson

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What are some choices that you were asked to make that changed the trajectory of your life?  Listen in to find out what mine was.

Today is a special birthday episode. Taking the time to share a few choices I’ve made that have made me who I am today. Enjoy!

• Celebrating my birthday with you
• Getting personal
• Life is a series of choices we are asked to make
• Bi-lingual education
• It's never too late or too early to do what you love

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day.” – Brené Brown

“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.”– Brené Brown

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung

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What aspect of positive discipline do you find challenging to apply?

• Ask curiosity questions
• Offer only two choices that you are 100% OK with
• Check your perceptions and expectations
• Keep your words to a minimum and avoid lecturing
• Use active and reflective listening
• Get down to their eye level
• Find solutions together
• Break down tasks into small age-appropriate steps
• Ask for help, parenting was never meant to be done alone
• Make time for special time non-negotiable for children and partners
• Take care of yourself, put your oxygen mask on first
• Hugs, hugs, and more hugs

“I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline. ” – Fred Rogers 

“To let a child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.” – Dr. Maria Montessori

“For a child or an adult, it’s extremely powerful to hear someone say, “I get you. I understand. I see why you feel this way. This kind of empathy disarms us.” – Daniel J. Siegel

“The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not by being told that he is naughty...Improvement and rectification can only come about when the child practices voluntarily for a long time.” – Dr. Maria Montessori

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What aspect of positive discipline do you find challenging to apply?

• Connect before correcting
• Be Firm and kind
• Decide what you will do Ahead of time
• Tell children what they CAN do! Be in the YES!
• Follow Through with what you agreed on
• Encourage effort & progress, and avoid the “good job!” praise 
• Create a Positive time out together
• Get children involved in creating Routines 
• Take time for TRAINING

“Effective discipline means that we’re not only stopping a bad behavior or promoting a good one but also teaching skills and nurturing the connections in our children’s brains that will help them make better decisions and handle themselves well in the future.” – Daniel J. Siegel 

“Discipline must come through liberty.” – Dr. Maria Montessori

“Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioral consequences.” – Daniel J. Siegel

“A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.” – Rudolf Dreikurs

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Where do you think you fit on the quadrant of firmness and kindness when it comes to discipline?

Listen in to find your answers.

• Re-thinking discipline
• The origins of Positive discipline
• The sweet spot of being authoritative 
• The 7-day Free Discipline Challenge Keep Cool & Carry On!

“Children are not giving you a hard time they are having a hard time.” – Jeanne-Marie Paynel 

“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first, we have to make them feel worse?” – Dr. Jane Nelsen

“Let us remember that inner discipline is something to come, and not something already present. Our task is to show the way to discipline.” – Dr.  Maria Montessori

“A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.” – Rudolf Dreikurs

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• What she is doing to help your manage your health data during pregnancy
• The different cultural approaches to pregnancy
• Her long journey into motherhood and how that has helped her be a better founder
• Her business approach to parenting
• Micro-moments of mindfulness for better mental health
• The positive changes she predicts for women in science
• How to help our children be good ancestors thru independence
• The importance of advocating for yourself during pregnancy

“There’s a lot of value in presenting the imperfect to our children.”

“Comfort is overrated and purpose underrated.”

“It’s your body, it’s your journey, advocate for yourself.”

Estelle Giraud

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Do you believe we should be parenting our sons differently than our duaghters? 

What We Talked About

• How she realized she had a gender bias
• Two of the science-backed difference in boys that we should know 
• Her advice to parents of boys

Things to Remember

“Our job is too difficult and too beautiful to do alone.” - Amelia Gambetti

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