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We hear it every time we fly - "Put your own oxygen mask on first."

While this is great advice if your plane runs into trouble, it's also a great guideline to follow if you want to practice calm parenting with your kids. Because when we get hyperaroused, our kids tend to get hyperaroused, and that is where the challenges begin. We need to find things we can do daily to reduce stress in our lives. We discuss four that have been really effective for me and my clients in this episode.

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Have you ever felt like "upgrading" your parenting skills is worthless? That your kids are just going to turn out to be who they are no matter how you parent them? I think we've all been there but there's a new study that refutes that empirically.

Study referenced: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567

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Does it ever feel like you try all these parenting suggestions- from Pinterest articles, Facebook groups, and HERE!...and none of them work? In fact- does it feel like they actually make things worse? Well, there's a reason for that. If you've ever tried a suggestion I've made on the MudRoom and thought I'm full of shit- this episode is for you.

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Does the concept that your toddler or preschooler is stressed...stress you out? What does a 3/4 year old have to be stressed about anyways?! Well, stress is NOT just worry. In this episode we'll be discussing the concept of stress and how it may be effecting your kids.

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Are you TOO comfortable? Having a comfort with discomfort is vital to our children's (and our!) success in life. Learning to take calculated risks is important. Here's why.

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If the idea of sending your child outside to play without you completely freaks you out- then please, listen here. We're talking about why playing outside is necessary for healthy child development.

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You know the benefits of allowing your child space and time to roam and play unsupervised but when it comes to DOING it....uh...that's freaking terrifying. Let's talk about the PING GPS and how it's helped me let go with confidence.

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For a change of pace we had Meg Flanagan of MilKids Ed as a guest to discuss how to foster a positive relationship with your children's teachers.

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Have you been using the Logical Consequence process for a while now and are starting to feel like I'm totally full of shit and this is NOT WORKING? ...Well, you're not wrong. Natural and Logical Consequences are limited. They're the short game. We need to talk about what the long game is.

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We expect a lot out of little children- and never is that more apparent than our expectation that they remember EVERYTHING they're told off the top of their head with no support. A standard that we don't even hold ourselves to. The solution? Visuals.

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