Learn what Dr. Daniel Siegel, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Brene Brown, Dr. Ross Greene, and Dr. John Gottman says about the importance of delighting in our kids.

Mel Robbins teaches we all have a need to control, but as we learn to let go as much as we feel able to and empower our kids our relationship and our children can better thrive.

Today we discuss Dr. Alisa Pressman (developmental psychologist and author of The Five Principles of Parenting) and the best advice she's ever heard.

Learn from Mel Robbin's interview with Dr. Alisa Pressman (developmental psychologist, professor, and podcaster) and her book Five Principles of Parenting. Today's episode condenses her 5 Rs: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair!

Learn from KC Davis' book How to Keep House While Drowning on our mindset around the mess! Today we discuss the inner bully, the little self, and the compassionate observer voices in our brains.

Today we cover so many traditions and fun ways to communicate I love you as well as ideas for one on one time. I also include some ideas from the 5 Love Languages for Children book.

Learn about a special tradition between parent and child (or spouse and child) that is so bonding.

In mental health professional Robyn Gobbel's book Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, she talks about the next 3 stages of activated watchdog brain. In this episode we discuss her parental strategies, how to stay calm, and things to watch out for when our child is very escalated, hostile, or doing dangerous behavior.

From the words of mental health professional Robyn Gobbel in her book "Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors" we learn about the wise, calm "owl brain" which puts us in connection mode and the "watch dog" brain that puts us in protection mode since we or our kids feel threatened. She expalins the beginning watch dog brain, 2 stategies to use to help our child, and things to watch out for.

From Roybn Gobbel's book Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors we learn that "all behaviors make sense." We will discuss how emotionally available are we, how safe do our children feel around us, and are we and our children in connection mode or protection mode?