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Episode 051: Practical Ways to Teach Your Child Patience

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At the beginning of this year, I asked our private Facebook group what emotional life skills they felt their strong-willed children needed. So many of the parents said that patience is something their children struggle with.

So today we get to talk to Mike Fitch, CMHC about practical ways to teach our children patience. Mike knows what it takes to develop patience as he himself has ADHD, he has a child with high-functioning autism, and he coaches hundreds of clients a year.

We are grateful for his willingness to teach us some of the tricks he has learned.

Episode 043: Creating an Environment Which Fosters Good Behavior Part 1

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There are many factors that influence our children’s behavior that are out of our control. However, we are lucky that there are some factors that are in our control. In this week’s and next week’s episode, we will teach you some fundamentals to creating an environment which fosters good behavior. If some of these fundamentals are missing, it’s not really fair to expect our kids to behave well.

Listen this week and next week to learn what you can do to help your children behave their best.

To check out Part 2, go here.

Episode 042: Giving Warnings-How that makes parenting harder and what to do instead.

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So this is going to be a shorter training today to give you one specific tool to start implementing right away and start to see results. But let me tell you a little why I wanted to use this.

I recently read a really popular parenting book that is SO good in SO many ways. However, it suggests using a couple warnings before you follow through so that your child has a chance to change their behavior. When I read it, I thought “This sounds really great and I’m going to start using this in my home.” We started using it and we saw really good results pretty quickly. But then after a couple of weeks we literally started hearing our kids say, “Oh, you get to ask me one more time before I have to do it.”

I thought, “No! That is not the point of this.”

Today, Jeff Tesch, LMFT is going to teach us why warnings are sabotaging our parenting and what we should do instead.More

Episode 041: When and how to seek professional help for your child

If you are dealing with behavior that never seems to improve, you’re in the right place.

As parents of strong-willed kids, there can be a possibility that your child is dealing with an abnormality in their functioning. They could have inherited or developed anxiety, ADHD, depression, or autism, just to name a few. A professional’s help is needed to get a clear diagnosis.

We often get asked: “How do I know if I need to seek professional help for my child? Where do I go if I do think they need professional help?”

We seek to answer both those questions and more in today’s episode.

Episode 036: Negative Behavior Explained

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Have you ever wondered “Why is my child behaving like this?!” If so, you’ll love today’s episode. Marriage and family therapist, Jeff Tesch teaches us what drives our children’s misbehavior.

This episode will give you great insight into the mind, heart, and behavior of your child.More

Episode 026: Teaching Kids to Be Less Bossy With Their Friends

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We all know that sassy, spirited, and strong-willed kids have some really useful personality traits. “S” kids are generally strong, not afraid to say what they think, will stand up for themselves, and so much more. However, they also have traits that make it hard for them to function well with their peers. I polled the parents of our private Facebook to see what characteristics their kids had that were getting in the way of their ability to make a keep friends. The parents answers feel into one of the two following categories:

Loud and bossy with their peers
Anxious or shy around their peers

For the next two episodes, clinical mental health counselor, Mike Fitch teaches how to help kids in each of these categories function better in social situations.

In this week’s episode, we talk specifically about the Loud and Bossy kids while in next week’s we discuss the Shy and Anxious kids. Both episode’s are jam packed with ways to help your children develop much-desired social skills.

Episode 025: WARNING! Six Parenting Mistakes Child Therapists Want You to Avoid

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Marriage and family therapist, Jeff Tesch says that around twenty-five percent of the counselling he does is helping parents be consistent in their approach parenting together. He has had great success helping parents come together to find common ground in their approach. Jeff Tesch, LMFT is graciously sharing his handout he gives parents to guide them to a place where they can see eye to eye and help eliminate disagreements over parenting. Click here to download this resource.

I know that many of you are working so hard to improve your parenting skills and are starting to see a difference in how confident you feel as parents. You are likely starting to see improvement in your child’s behavior. Now that I have spent hundreds of hours working with therapists for Parent with a Pro, I have come to find that there are some things the therapists keep mentioning that we can do as parents that will undo all the hard work we are doing! That is the last thing I want to happen to you! This podcast will help you understand six of the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

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Episode 024: How to Childproof Your Marriage

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It is no secret that being a parenting can put a huge strain on a marriage. With the kids having busy schedules, demanding a lot of time and attention, and so much more, we can find that our marriages take a hit.

The good news is that the experts know how to childproof a marriage.

In today’s episode with Alan Brooks, LMFT teaches his top tips for a successful relationship with your spouse even when you have strong-willed kids!

Episode 023: A Child Therapist’s Guide to Potty Training

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If you are getting ready to potty train or have tried and haven’t had success, you’ll want to listen to this episode. Mike Fitch, CMHC has been a child therapist for a decade and in this episode he dispels some myths and teaches the do’s and don’ts of potty training your tougher-to-train child.

I have a toddler that I’m getting ready to potty train and this episode couldn’t have come at a better time. I feel much more equipped to tackle the dreaded task.

Episode 022: Routines-A Simple Way to Avoid Power Struggles

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Parents of sassy, spirited, and strong-willed children are no strangers to power struggles. Here at Parent with a Pro, it is our goal to equip you with as many tools as possible to avoid those power struggles.

So what is one simple tool you could use starting today that would help you side step many power struggles without your kids even noticing that you did it? Routines.

Having routines, set things you do at a certain time and in a certain order, has saved my bacon many times.

In this episode listen as Jeff Tesch, LMFT teaches the why and the how behind routines. I hope that they become as helpful in your home as they have been in mine.