The baby woke at 4:00 am. His brother just 45 minutes later. Since then you’ve been puked on, drawn on, and changed three diapers. You burnt a bagel and your kid tipped his cereal over
The last time you asked your child to tidy the crayons, they smashed the whole box on the floor and ripped up the color sheet. You have to psyche yourself up when you need them
Do you know how bad your child feels when they mess up? They may look angry. They may look amused. They may show bravado. But in every kid that messes up is a pit of
Elle confesses that she really sucks at setting limits with her kids – and together she and Abigail suss out ways to make rules, boundaries and enforcing them a whole lot easier. Join us this
We know we love our kids, but that doesn’t stop them being hard to like sometimes. This podcast is for you if you ever wondered how you were going to get through the next few
You know about setting warm limits: Moving in calmly when you need to stop a behavior, but what happens when it feels like there is no chance to keep calm? Like, your child is about
Where does the need to be competitive come from and why does it rub us parents up the wrong way? This week Abigail and Elle respond to one mom about her son’s competitive streak. On
Why are we always compelled to start a new year with a list of resolutions that even a saint would be hard-pressed to keep up with? If there’s one thing every good parent is good
Psychologist and parenting expert Ross Greene coined quite the term when he said that “Kids do well when they can,” but isn’t exactly the same true of parents? Reframing your past could be the key
Sleep. It’s up there with eating and tantrums as a stress-causing subject for parents. And isn’t there just so many ideas, action plans and tools for change online or offered by well-meaning grandparents, caregivers,
Are you shy of disappointing your kids? Over the last few episodes, Abigail and Elle have been decoding emotional projects – in part one we looked at noticing behaviours that signal an emotional project, and
To share, or not to share, is that the question? So many parents in our parent groups and The Parent Club come to us with questions about sharing, it’s a subject that we knew we had
How can we help children towards building a positive self-identity? An “I Can!” attitude? This week Abigail shares the life-changing moment she cracked her tens times tables at 8-years-old, and how this win led to a
Have you ever woken up in the morning and vowed to yourself that you are going to make it A GREAT DAY? And then, 10 minutes later, your kids are bickering over who got the
A lot of parents ask us about our tool for parents, the Listening Partnership, about how they should run and what they should sound like, so this week on the podcast Elle and Abigail give