Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- 2 yo high five pounding everything, including baby
- 3 + 5 yo constantly hitting and hurting each other
- Our instinct, goals and roles to support sibling conflict
- 3 yo growling at babies at the playground
- Parent's noise sensitivity to kids' screaming + whining
- 6 yo tantrums when disappointed or frustrated
- 3 yo constantly disagreeing, doesn't like "yes" days
- Why our goal should be connection rather than harmony
- Why we shouldn't determine our child's personal truth
- Playdate fighting and negotiating a plan w other parents
- Your Spirited Child + Raising Human Beings books
- 2.5 yo wants to see + touch parent's private parts
- sexpositivefamilies.com + consentparenting.com as our go-to consent and body safety resources
- 4 yo surprise meltdown, saying 'I hate you' for the first time
- The power of the Circle Back with kids after challenges
- 2 + 5 yo struggling with sleep/etc because of the new baby
- Our biggest advice for families with a new baby
- Our stance on screen time- check out our Mini-Guide!
- Screenfreeparenting.com + Commonsensemedia.org
- 4 yo naps at preschool then refuses + delays bedtime
- The Happy Sleeper Instagram + book recommendation

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos.

A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- Kid pinching when dysregulated or a limit is set
- 5 yo power struggles, quick to anger + snap at parent
- Kid like a volcano
- 9 yo boy screams in parent's face
- Parents feeling triggered by kids' anger
- Why all feelings are valuable + how to support kids in the moment
- Kid spitting, hurting parent when asked to do something
- The value of kids' resistance
- Why attention-seeking is connection-seeking
- The CONTROL toolbox we don't need
- 4yo melting down for 40+ minutes
- Kid refusing to talk about their feelings
- Baby + kid nervous systems + why to pay attention to them
- Unsafe play + how to support without "that's not safe!"
- The power of the "Circle Back"
- 4 yo melting down - consequences?

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos.

A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- Kid won't brush hair before appointment
- Kid telling mom to "be happy" when she isn't
- 6 yo HATES the word "No", pushes back on limits
- 2 yo holding food in cheeks + resisting swallowing
- Intuitive eating + Division of Responsibility
- When toddlers snatch toys from each other
- The benefits of sibling conflict
- Spirited 3 yo won't stop freaking out
- Kid doesn't want to hear "Why" about a limit
- When other parents force sharing
- 4yo hoarding toys from 2.5 yo
- Worried about baby starting daycare

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- Alignment as a progressive parent

- Feeling triggered a parent

- Kid won't give up their pacifier habit

- How to build collaboration skills w/ kids

- Problematic caregivers

- Apologizing + circling back

- Parenting differently on your cycle/period

- Preverbal, strong-willed toddler

- 15 mo "temper tantrums", hurting self

- Needs vs Behaviors

- Self-awareness vs Socialization

- Fierce 3 yo resists EVERYTHING, tries to destroy sibling's toys

- Kid flipping out over new haircut

- Circle Back vs Grill Back

- Alternatives to praising our kids

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab.

As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- What is parenting for sanity + social change?
- Self-care to then care for our kids
- Transition issues - our expectations vs lack of skills
- Parent struggling to leave 8 mo with caregiver
- Our kids' freedom to speak
- Conflict avoidant parents
- 5 yo "verbally abuses" 3 yo
- How to support kids in boundary-setting
- Parent win w/ 2.5 year old
- Kids fighting over a toy, won't share
- Boundaries vs. limits
- 3 yo throws toys, working on self regulation
- 7 yo says he "wants to die"
- Kid yelling "shut up!" to parents
- Kids sensitive to empathy + validation
- How to get kids to confide in us

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- 8 mo awake 2 hrs in middle of night
- 2.5 yo won't stay in bed or room, runs out
- How to help regulate kids' nervous systems
- Morning routine total chaos, won't get ready
- The power of the "circle back" to get on the same page`
- 7+3 yo struggling with age gap, hurting each other
- 6 yo being possessive over toys with little bro
- 4yo yells when parent asks how he's feeling
- Non-verbal emotional support
- Kid peed in car cup holder + refused to leave
- Kids saying "I hate you", "I'll kill you" etc.
- Kids' freedom to speak + The Freedoms Model
- 6 yo resists EVERYTHING
- When boys "disrespect" women
- Self awareness vs socialization

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast where we use the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- 8 yo despises and harms 4 yo sibling
- Spirited kid has trouble making friends because they are so extroverted + loud
- Parent struggles with staying the course with respectful parenting when in the world with other families doing things very differently
- Toothbrush resistance and how to innovate with kids
- Confident 10 yo with family saying she needs more “discipline”
- Time outs vs time ins
- Kids don’t say “yes mam” etc.
- Parent feeling like they have constant “slip ups” in parenting

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

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A few of the topics we cover in today's LIVE Q&A:
- Baby resisting diaper and clothing changes
- How to bring kids in on the process of cleaning up etc.
- Why babies and kids resistance is so important
- Kid looking proud for having hurt his little sibling
- Baby refusing bottle of expressed milk
- Problem solving and circling back through play
- Parent feeling stuck in "sibling mode" for their only kid
- How to "fill our kid's cup" to better separate later
- 5yo and 2yo fighting for parent's attention

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. 

A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- How kids learn about how to use power responsibly
- Why welcoming kids' resistance and big feelings is vital work
- Kid w/ potty regressions, misbehaving at school
- Kid delaying on walks, dragging feet, taking forever
- The power of Circling Back with kids after a conflict
- Parent worries kids are confused by both Control + new RESIST Approach
- Why conflict-filled moments should be more like an improv routine than a play written, directed by and starring us
- Parent feeling judged by others using a more respectful approach
- 4 yo won't stop insisting, whining, being obsessed with one thing
- Helping kids meet their sensory needs - tools for regulating their nervous systems!
- how can we allow resistance when our kids really do have to go to the doctor or the dentist type thing?
- 3 yo screaming and yelling with impatience when they don’t get their way about something
- kid rejecting self-regulation and calming suggestions from parent
- 4 yo saying he hates parents and sibs when upset 

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast, which consists of the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- Rigid 5 yo and how to “coach them”
- Kid always runs away with big feels
- Spirited 2.5 yo won’t let parents touch her
- The ways our kids learn about consent
- The RESIST Approach vs CONTROL method
- Parent struggling to state boundary + problem solve
- When we want to show our kid how their behavior impacted someone
- How fragility is created
- Critical grandma judging parent for not saying no enough
- Spirited kid ignoring parent, doesn’t want to hear explanations
- Kids + using timers
- Parent find innovation step difficult
- Sensitive parent struggling with sensitive kids

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

Relevant Links:

- Our Freedoms Model
- Our RESIST Approach
- Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
- Our Resources Page
- Our Coaching page
- Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
- Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
- Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

Email us: [email protected]
Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.