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- Focus On Your Children’s “Easy” Skills Before Tackling the Difficult Stuff
We're always in such a rush for our kids to move on to more advanced skills.
We want them to be reading chapter books or doing advanced math or playing more complex music!
Is this really doing them any favours?
In this episode I will be discussing:
- The recent change I made to my program which is helping parents get better results.
- What the father of the Wayne Gretzky can teach us about parenting.
- What you need to be focusing on to ensure your child's behaviour improves consistently.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
14 min - Why You Need To Work On Your Child’s Skills 10 Minutes a Day
Why do I recommend only working on your child's skills 10 minutes a day?
I wanted to clear up the two reasons why 10 minutes a day is really the longest you should spend on daily skill development.
In this episode I will be going to cover:
- The difference between ACTIVE skill development and PASSIVE lifestyle changes and how each play a role in skill development.
- Why 10 minutes is the MAXIMUM you should be spending on active skill development daily.
- How trying to be a hero and trying to do more actually causes your child to learn less effectively.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
16 min - 4 Tips to Help You To Get Your Kids To Listen
If it's the KIDS that have a "listening problem", why is it that children will listen to certain adults easily and almost ALWAYS?
There's a "trick" to getting children to listen quickly and easily, and I'm going to share it with you today.
In this episode we'll discuss:
- How we're actually making it difficult (if not impossible) for our children to listen to us.
- The 4 things we need to keep in mind when giving our children instructions.
- How we can make it easier for our children to listen in the future.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
11 min - Ask For Help During the Pandemic!
Asking for help is hard! But asking for help and receiving it is an essentail component to our mental well-being. Just like our children, we need to learn to budget our energy output.
In this episode I discuss:
- Why I've personally been struggling so much lately, and possibly why you are too.
- The lies anxiety tells us about parenting.
- The benefits of asking for an receiving help, and the effect it has on our kids.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
13 min - Are You Really Too Busy to Customize a Process for Your Child?
If I told you I could save you 60+ minutes parenting every day, would you give me 10?
Of course, you would! We're all run off the rails busy, especially now with the lack of childcare.
In this episode I will cover:
- How to do an audit to discover how much time you're actually spending on discipline.
- Why you're spending so much time repeating yourself every day.
- How to parent yourself out of the job of disciplinarian.
The beginning of the Theorists Series: Lev Vygotsky! Originally recorded in October 2017. An introduction to Lev Vygotsky and how his theories from the 1930s apply to your kids today. Want to apply some constructivism to your life?
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
12 min - Are Time-Ins Any Better Than Time-Outs?
Free Workshop: allanarobinson.com/freeclass
Many parents, when looking for solutions to their parenting woes, try to just...do the opposite of what doesn't make sense/ isn't working. Time-ins appear to be one of those "things" that was born of a desire to do away with the damaging aspects of time-outs...but are they really any better?In this episode I cover:- Why the term "gentle" doesn't really fit with Uncommon Sense Parenting.- Where time-ins came from, what they propose to do differently from time-outs, and how they're similar.- How to raise well-behaved kids without using time-outs or time-ins!Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
14 min - Are You Making Your Child’s Irrational Fears Worse?
Sometimes the things out kids are "scared" of seem so completely ridiculous. It can be infuriating when- if they'd just DO IT- they'd realize there's nothing to be afraid of!
In this episode we'll talk about:
- Why kids develop these irrational fears.
- Two things we do to actually make these fears worse.
- The secret to moving them past these fears quickly.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
14 min - Is Your Child Having Trouble Coping with 2020 Changes?
Do your kids seem like they're gunning for the Guiness World Record for biggest and most mood swings in an hour? You're not alone! There's a reason young kids are EXTREMELY emotional right now.
In this episode we're going to cover:- Why our kids are SO emotional right now.- The 3 things we need to be paying attention to ESPECIALLY as back to school season starts.- A special note about 4 year olds and the unique experience they've had with the pandemic.Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Tuesday at 9pm ET/ 8pm CT/ 6pm PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
10 min - Are Your Kids Only Calm When They’re In Front of a Screen?
Why is it so hard for some kids to calm TF down and be quiet?! Why can some kids happily play quietly with LEGO for hours, while others struggle to simmer down enough to even read a short picture book?
In this episode we're going to cover:
- The difference between quiet and calm
- Why we need to focus on teaching out kids to calm down.
- How to find your child's calming "thing."
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Wednesday at 1pm ET/ 12pm CT/ 10am PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
12 min - Should My Children Go Back to Daycare or School?
How the HECK are we supposed to make a decision about returning to school (or daycare, or preschool, or...whatever care situation you've got)?!
There really is no good answer. In this episode we'll be discussing:
- The 5 factors I think are most important to consider
- Some suggestions on how to weigh those factors for your family.
- How to make a decision that- if you aren't thrilled about- you can at least be at peace with.
Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Wednesday at 1pm ET/ 12pm CT/ 10am PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices
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