Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 288 ratingsWhen children's behavior is difficult, parents need support, good information, and practical tools to reduce stress, understand their child's emotions, and build cooperation and warm connection in the family. Join Elle Kwan and Abigail Wald as they share the Hand in Hand Parenting approach with useful examples and stories from real parents like you.
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What's Next? How About a Mind Flip
November 07, 2019 19:04 - 13 minutes - 25.6 MBNow that the Hand in Hand podcast is on hiatus, are you wondering where to get parenting support direct to your eats? You're invited to join Abigail during the hiatus for her Mother Flipping Awesome podcast where she does a deep dive with one mama in each show. And you get to listen in. #mindflip #parentingtransformed
Handling the Halloween Howls Using the Hand in Hand Tools
October 31, 2019 02:19 - 34 minutes - 63.8 MBThis week: Handling Halloween Using the Hand in Hand Tools So, your kids are fighting over the Halloween candy stash, and their sugar highs (and begging for more) send your blood pressure soaring. Maybe you have a child who is scarred by scare season's ghosts and ghouls - or simply refuses to be a part of the festivities. Have no fear! Elle and Abigail show you how to handle common Halloween howls using the Hand in Hand tools. Settle back with your pumpkin latte and get tricks you can ...
You're Invited To The Celebration - 100th Episode Podcast Party Starring YOU
October 25, 2019 04:01 - 35 minutes - 64.7 MBHappy 100! This week - for our 100th episode - we turned the microphone over to you all. And we are SO excited to share this episode. You'll hear just what led parents to the Hand in Hand podcast, the breathtaking transformations you have seen happen in your parenting, and the different ways you all use the podcast from week to week. We're thrilled and humbled by the community that has gathered since we started the Hand in Hand Parenting podcast two years ago! This Week We Listen T...
So, How Far Have You Come in Your Parenting?
October 16, 2019 03:30 - 32 minutes - 59.6 MBWhere were you two years ago in parenting? Sometimes we get so caught up in the present-day challenges we forget to look back and see the progress we've made. And we should! A week before the 100th episode of the Hand in Hand Parenting Podcast, Elle and Abigail do just that, with an affectionate look back over the last two years they’ve been making the podcast. Abigail talks about how her kids have adopted, rely on, and now take ownership of the tools, and Elle recalls the sleepi...
The Best Ways to Rise Strong After Mom Shame
October 10, 2019 16:16 - 41 minutes - 75.7 MBYour heart sinks as you join the long line of people snaking the aisle at the grocery store. Your baby is already making those noises she makes when she wants you to hold her, and there are about 15 minutes until she needs feeding. You are pretty sure this line will take double that. How did this happen? You tried to get out to the store all day, but between your friend dropping in, the late nap, and your toddler refusing to get on his shoes you arrived late. (There's 15 playfu...
What happens when you want to walk out on parenting?
October 01, 2019 15:37 - 22 minutes - 41 MBSo, today we’re talking about the less sunny side of parenting. And when we say less sunny, we really mean those dark, never-ending winter-like days that are bleak, lonely and cold. They hurt. Some of us live in denial of these days - and it’s easy to see why. In a world of social media where every picture seems to radiate warmth and snuggly good feeling, saying your experience is any different can open doors to shame and judgment. Even when we admit it, it's often as whispers while we...
Powerful Ways To Banish Fear of the Dark (and other things that kids say go bump in the night)
September 24, 2019 05:40 - 31 minutes - 57 MBPowerful ways To Solve Your child's sleep issues using the Hand in Hand Tools Your kid is going crazy about taking a bath. Just won't. You wrangle and wrestle. It's nearly bedtime after all. You are sooo close! Then when you finally make it to the bedroom, your child refuses to put on pyjamas. Then requests a drink. And then another. Doesn't want to brush their teeth. Needs a certain toy who, yes, you guessed it, is missing. Will sleep ever come? Finally, your child makes it under th...
How to help Kids Manage Their Friendships
September 18, 2019 01:59 - 30 minutes - 56.9 MBSo there it is. An invitation. Your child is waving it in your face with a grin brighter than gold. And you? Does your heart soar? Or sink? Acceptance Similarity Belonging Self-worth Influence Betrayal Here's Why OUR Friendships Matter Friendships can arouse big feelings - in us as well as our kids - and how we approach the joys and the ickiness friendships can bring requires us to separate. We need to remove the "us" from the "them." But it can be tough untangling our...
How to Keep Your Family Strong and Loving after Divorce
September 10, 2019 03:17 - 42 minutes - 77.9 MBCoping with divorce? When today’s guest, instructor Kristen Zuzek Volk, found Hand in Hand, she’d almost written off a loving relationship with her daughter. After divorcing, her two kids were screaming, crying and acting out, her daughter sometimes for nine hours a day. Coping? Not really. Kristen was hard on them, and harder on herself. Even therapy didn’t work, so a parenting philosophy like Hand in Hand was the last thing she thought would help. She was wrong. Find Peace ...
How to Handle Your Child's Negative Words
September 05, 2019 00:34 - 34 minutes - 62.9 MBYou probably never imagined words like these erupting from your child’s mouth. Dark. Venomous. Hurtful words. But here they are. “I hate you!” Or worse. “I hate myself.” “I want to die.” Words that make us want to curl up and cry. Admit defeat. Give up parenting altogether. Except, of course, we can’t. Even piling on hugs and love often doesn’t appear to soothe a child hurling those words (and thoughts) in those moments. So what’s an emotionally-drained parent to do?...
Can Special Time Really Increase My Child’s Level of Cooperation?
August 28, 2019 09:49 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MBWant to increase your child's co-operation? Have them listen more? Reduce clinginess? Sometimes special time can feel like the magic balm in parenting. It can: Boost your child’s confidence. It can build their resilience. It can ease your own parent guilt about not spending enough “quality time with your kids. And, one of the biggies, it can INCREASE children’s co-operation. It does all these things! We’ve seen it countless times in our own families, but here’s the thing. Alt...
Do You Know the Best Way Out of Parent Anger?
August 21, 2019 09:00 - 39 minutes - 72.4 MBWhat gets you super seething mama mad? Is it the constant asks and requests, the “Mom where’s my… that’s so overwhelming? Maybe it’s the piles of toys and dishes and chip packets you asked to be tidied but are still smirking at you from the living room? Maybe it’s the stubbornness and defiance your child shows when you ask them to take a bath after giving them a wonderful day out? At least, you think it’s that the cause of all your parent anger! But what if that's not really it at ...
How to Make Your Kids Love Chores (guest starring Abigail's son)
August 14, 2019 15:07 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBIf you catch yourself late at night, surrounded by toys, folding clothes and wondering why you don't have time or energy to take a shower, ask yourself: Why am I doing all the chores? Where are my kids when I need them? And why aren't those helpful little mice from Cinderella a real thing? And then breathe. Because chances are if you don't, you'll explode the mother lode with a tyranny of "Why do I never get any help around here? "Why do you NEVER pick up?" "Why do I have to ask ...
Parenting Sick Kids: How To Navigate Medicine, Worry and Stress
August 06, 2019 07:07 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MBWhat's the one thing you want for your child when they are sick? To have them feel better. What's the one thing that most often gets in the way of that? When you walk away with a specialist appointment or wonkily-written script from Doc you have two things: A ticket better health for your child, hopefully, and also a potential prescription for tears and battles. How do you keep calm and carry on? This week on the podcast we show you how you can use the tools to overcome medical worr...
How to Master Motherhood (and other parenting lies)
July 30, 2019 06:14 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MBYou probably got very excited when you discovered that Hand in Hand Parenting had five tools that could rescue you when parenting got sticky (or downright dirty). Very excited. It was the exact result you wanted Google to deliver. It may even have been how you found our podcast. You needed answers. Here they were. Even better. These five tools were kind parenting tools. They meant you could stop feeling like a demon mother ready to explode the moment your child said no, got sassy...
How To Get A Defiant Child Moving When You Have to Be Somewhere
July 23, 2019 14:47 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MBYou just dropped one child at his playdate. Now you have 15 minutes to scoot across to the pool for your younger kid's swim lesson. Easy, right? Actually no. Your child is refusing to scoot. He doesn't want to put on his swim clothes. He won't go to the pool. "I HATE swim class," he yells defiantly. Why Reasoning Won't Work Oh, and when you tried reasoning? He kicked his scooter across the car park and laid flat on the tarmac. He isn't going anywhere. How Do You Set Limits WIth A Defiant Chil...
Yes! You Can Playlisten When your Child is Upset
July 17, 2019 00:33 - 19 minutes - 36 MBYour child grabs the one extra cookie you said he wasn’t allowed… What do you do? Or your daughter whines the minute she sees you pull out peanut butter for her toast... Or, when your son hears that his sister is having a sleepover he yells that you’re a mean mom...and that you have wrinkles! Yes he did. To Play or Not to Play...That is the Question Would you, could you playfully parent in these situations, or would you Staylisten to your child’s upset? A lot of parents ask us w...
How To Potty Train Your Child in 10 Easy Years
July 10, 2019 11:48 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MBSince we have all personally gone through potty training and we will all have to go through it with our kids, you'd think we'd have nailed down one, surefire potty training method. But the 11,000 google results you get when you type in 'How to potty train my child,' clearly shows that a one-size-fits-all approach is about as likely as you getting a 5-minute shower with no disruptions. Yerright. Sadly, there is no magic potty training method. And sometimes it feels like you'll still b...
3 Smart, Sensitive Ways to Respond to Your Child's Anxiety
July 03, 2019 08:11 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB“Mom, I can’t go to camp today. I have a stomachache.” This is the third time this week your child has complained of a sore stomach, and yet she shows no other symptoms of being unwell. You wonder…is something else going on under the radar? Does your child complain of stomachaches? Does she get tearful or angry regularly, refuse to go places or try new things? Does your child worry a lot, gets obsessive or compulsive? Does he or she act clingy or have trouble sleeping? Or, do you ...
Why is my kid swearing?
June 26, 2019 00:48 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBHave you ever asked your child to do something simple, like pack their toys away before dinner? For a second they stare back and you wide-eyed, all chubby-cheeked cherubic sweetness. And then they scrunch those eyes and tell you to $#@ off? oh no, she didn’t… Kids who cuss are more common than you might think. If you put those terms into any search engine results throw up videos full of kids swearing. Some people, apparently, find kids swearing hilarious. Others not so much. And a...
Try These Quick, Smart Tips to Conquer Your Parenting Overwhelm
June 20, 2019 04:44 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBYou sink down on the rug in tears and wonder how you can ever keep going. Then you see your daughter’s abandoned stuffie under the sofa, next to an overdue library book, so you scoop them out, tuck them on the shelf, shove your hair in a bun, and get started with the laundry. What happened to your tears? You discarded them like your daughter did her stuffie. Welcome to mom overwhelm. Mom overwhelm is the science of feeling crushed by the weight of life and living it anyway! This week,...
Who Else is Watching Your Power Struggles?
June 12, 2019 07:26 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBRead on to learn why it pays to keep positive with your kids "Last cookie," you say, lightly. "No." Your son says. Then he stuffs the cookie into his mouth, grabs three more and runs from the room. You're just about to charge from the kitchen in a chase when your eyes fall on another set of eyes. Your younger son. Wide-eyed and wondering. Who's in charge here? his eyes seem to say. How far can we push you? Are you going to...lose it? This week we're talking the kid that pu...
How to Superboost your Parent Support Today
June 05, 2019 06:33 - 25 minutes - 35 MBThe baby woke at 4am. 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 in a rage. Now the baby is screaming because he’s hungry and your son is pulling at your pants leg because he wants to play. Oh yeah. And it’s only 7.53am. Who you gonna call? Ghostbuster’s won’t help. But there is someone else. A special person who will let you scream about how bad your morning has be...
Do you know when your child needs you most of all?
May 28, 2019 02:55 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBThe last time you asked them to tidy their 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 to turn off the TV, because…BOOM! Epic meltdown. Forget about asking for a hug. Your child wriggles away from your hand on his shoulder. Does every request you make send your child into a raging meltdown? You spend life walking on eggshells. (As well as Lego bricks.) But, do you know what? This is actually when...
How to Respond to Your Kid's Mistakes in a Way You Can Be Proud Of
May 22, 2019 03:56 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBDo 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 shame, sadness, confusion and doubt about their own self-worth. How do we know? Because aren't those the exact same feelings we adults feel when we mess up - when we really look inside? And we parents often heap on that shame. You get into blame and guilt, lectures and stand-offs. Just the way you were treated when you wer...
What to Do When Your Family Wants to Rule Your Parenting
May 16, 2019 06:45 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBHow do you make like Meghan Markle and stand strong when you face loud and opposing opinions on how you *should be* raising your child? Meghan and Harry have broken many a protocol since bringing royal baby Archie into the world, from not using the royal family's preferred hospital to Harry holding Archie at a (delayed) press call. No-one is telling them how to raise a prince, not even the queen! How About You? How can you get the same support from your family when your ideas about pare...
What to Do When Your Family Wants to Rule Your Parenting
May 16, 2019 06:44How do you make like Meghan Markle and stand strong when you face loud and opposing opinions on how you *should be* raising your child? Meghan and Harry have broken many a protocol since bringing royal baby Archie into the world, from not using the royal family's preferred hospital to Harry holding Archie at a (delayed) press call. No-one is telling them how to raise a prince, not even the queen! How About You? How can you get the same support from your family when your ideas about pare...
3 Reasons We Parents Can Suck at Setting Limits
May 07, 2019 01:27 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBElle 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 week if you've ever battled with yourself about when to set limits, or found that whenever you do set limits your kids just don't seem to listen. Listen to the podcast this week and learn Top 3 reasons why limit setting is failing you Ways you can reframe what it means to set limits Why backcha...
What To Do When You Aren't So Psyched to See Your Kids
May 01, 2019 00:46 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBWe 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 hours with your kids close by. We talk about how we get to the point where the dread feels real and we share things you can do when parenting feels this hard. Listen to What To Do When You Aren't So Psyched To See Your Kids and Find the hidden power in giving in to a bad day Get play ideas and ideas for when play...
Why Does my Child Only Listen When I Lose It?
April 12, 2019 16:24 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week Abigail and Elle respond to a mom who feels like she sees power struggles, aggression and kickback when she's parenting the way she wants to, and compliance only once she gets mad. Are her efforts to parent kindly back-firing? And why would that be? On the podcast this week we talk about: What to expect when parenting with respect Setting boundaries on your own levels of calm Comparison parenting and why no way is the perfect way What power struggles actually mean, and wo...
Setting Limits: The Hard No
April 10, 2019 01:15 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBYou 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 to stick their finger in the power socket. Or dashes out across a busy street. Then how do you set a warm limit then? On the podcast this week, we talk about the Hard No. And why no is hard! When no means no - and those times you aren't even sure your no needs to be hard. Discover how Abigail handles a hard -...
Help! My Kid Keeps Bragging
April 03, 2019 01:57 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBWhere 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 Help! My Kid Keeps Bragging we talk about: Is your child's competitive streak signalling some other need? Competitiveness and confidence Is competition bad, anyways? Why sometimes it's good to bask with your child in their glory Figure out what's causes a child to get competitive, and get new ways to ha...
Finding Your Calm Place in Parenting (It Really Can Happen!)
March 26, 2019 14:05 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBSo, you may be fairly new to Hand in Hand's approach or maybe you've been trying out the tools for a few months, even years. But at some point you'll probably - most likely when you are particularly tired or frustrated - ask, "Is Hand in Hand too hard???" We know! We've been there! This week, Elle and Abigail talk about when and why this question pops up. They explore the alternatives and share their own experiences about when it's happened to them - and don't forget Abigail has been par...
Raising Resilient Girls...Part 2
March 20, 2019 06:39 - 31 minutes - 44 MBJoin us as we continue examining how nature, nurture and culture affects boys and girls, with social philosopher and author Michael Gurian. On Part 2 of this series, Michael talks about how we can use what science says to raise resilient girls. On this week's episode: The way mothers and fathers empathise differently, and why this can be beneficial in building resilience and boundaries Why fathering is essential for adolescent girls, and what happens in same sex families How girls ca...
Raising Resilient Girls - with Michael Gurian
March 13, 2019 01:11 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBSocial philosopher, family therapist, and New York Times best-selling author Michael Gurian returns to the podcast this week for some girl talk! Last time Michael guested with us, talk turned to boys. But why even separate talk about boys and girls? Michael explains the fundamental differences in brain science between girls and boys and why these difference affect: How girls learn and process information Why the mean girl phenomenon happens and why this can be an important part of a gir...
Parenting a Strong-Willed Child
March 05, 2019 13:50 - 25 minutes - 35 MBYou may have heard about how your tenacious, persistent, negotiating go-getter is developing the skills he or she needs to be a great leader in the future, but daily parenting a strong-willed child can feel like an uphill battle. All those constant requests, desires, energy and power play is a lot! This week Abigail and Elle weigh in on why parenting a strong-willed child can feel so demanding and draining, and how you can raise your strong-willed child without so many power struggles - or...
The Most Important Question To Ask When Your Child's Behavior Gets Hard
February 26, 2019 14:08 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBDid you ever think you got this parenting thing figured out only to find your child brings home some new parenting challenge? Maybe they start shouting potty words at you, seemingly from nowhere? Maybe they start throwing punches when normally they'd been fairly calm? Or maybe things simple things that you ask them do suddenly brings on meltdowns, where before they'd do it without a struggle? Where did the child you thought you knew so well go to? In the quest to find solutions to th...
Why is it so Hard to Hear your Child Say "I Hate You!"
February 19, 2019 15:21 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBThree little words with such immense power. Following on from last week's podcast on children with anger, this week Elle and Abigail suss out why it feels so bad to hear "I hate you," and the many ways you can respond. Elle talks about the different reasons she hears "I hate you," both in anger and as connection bids, and Abigail shares why she thinks they hardly ever hear "I hate you," in her house. We also talk about times we can respond playfully, and times we can set limits on hearing...
Why is my Child So Angry?
February 12, 2019 12:57 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week Abigail and Elle respond to a mom who is Staylistening to her child, but never sees tears. Worse, it seems to her that the more she leans in to listen to her child's feelings, the more her child gets angry, starts scowling and tries running away. How can she listen to anger? So, this week we're asking if Staylistening should always result in a cry, and if not, what can we do? Why we as parents find it so hard to listen to a child's anger, and how can we trust them to do as they n...
Elle and Abigail Meet For the First Time and Talk About Why Parents Deserve a Village!
January 29, 2019 02:39 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week Elle and Abigail finally meet face-to-face! No wonder they felt inspired to make this podcast. "It takes a village," so the old proverb says, and anyone who tunes into our podcast for parents often knows that this is all too true. In fact, it's the reason we made the podcast - to share a weekly space for parents so you don't feel alone. And, as we meet this first time, we also realise the value in coming together week after week to share, to listen and laugh, to comfort and cr...
How to Get a Child to Eat When They Refuse
January 28, 2019 04:54 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week, Abigail and Elle respond to a listener who has a 5-year-old picky eater. How can she get her to eat more than a few reliable meals? Elle talks about her own process parenting her picky eater, including how she discovered that a good, workable solution was as much about her as it was her child. And Abigail shares the varied healthy diets her sons sampled (endured!) following their early health scares, and the tips and tools she used to get them on side. On this episode, we talk...
Parenting Tweens: Staying Close As Your Child Gets Older
January 22, 2019 15:28 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBDoes it seem like one minute you were waiting for your baby to take its first steps, and now you are watching him or her as a tween march out the door, bursting with independence? Worries about tantrums and them sleeping through the night long ago given way to conversations (and concern) over mobile phones and curfews? As your child enters the pre-teen stage now known as "tween," you'll notice many other changes, not least their signals your child uses to show you they need you (and they s...
Are You Headed for Parent Burnout?
January 15, 2019 10:33 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MBHave you ever asked yourself where the fun parent went? The parent you that says yes to play-dough tea-parties, the parent you that says yes to piggy-back races and then suggests races to the dinner table? If you have, you probably also have many different responses. You left that fun parent under the washing and work pile. You packed her away in your laptop when you went back to work. You lost him under a mountain of unpaid bills and worries. He got muddled in with the recipes you labor o...
Parenting in Public: How To Stick To Your Parenting Philosophy and Parent with Confidence When Others are Watching
January 08, 2019 09:03 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBDo you feel awkward or anxious about your parenting when others are around? Do you find yourself coming down more heavily on your kids when you are out in public? Or do you find your yourself wanting to set a limit but not being able to? Are you stuck when your child meltdowns while other parents are watching, or feel uncertain what others think about your parenting style? In this week's podcast, we respond to a parent's question about social anxiety when parenting in public. We talk ab...
Why Your Best New Year's Resolution Could Be "No Resolutions"...
January 01, 2019 13:28 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBWhy 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 at, it's over-extending! We're all about the #parentgoals! We are so happy to be starting the new year with you, our beautiful, caring community of parents. We know that you being here each week with us is because you are always striving to be doing better by your kids, in your parenting, in your communities. ...
Too Many Toys?!!
December 19, 2018 01:37 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWhat goes hand in hand with holiday gifting? Toys and more toys. This week we’re asking how you feel about toys, what decisions you make around holiday request lists, and how you can keep them in check, plus why we can all expect some meltdowns over toys in the holidays. On the episode, you'll hear about: Overwhelm - theirs and yours - and what you can do to overcome it Envies and jealousies Getting clear on what toys mean to you and why Expectations and appreciations: Why your c...
My Child is Hitting: Parenting The Problem, Not the Punch
December 12, 2018 01:17 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBWhat should I do when my child hits? It's one of the most common questions we get at Hand in Hand Parenting, and it's the content of this week's podcast. And no wonder. Hitting can feel dangerous. Offensive. Confusing. But if hitting is so common, why are we all still wondering what to do about it? There's so much differing advice! What Are Children Really Saying When They Hit? Abigail talks about all the quick-tip strategies out there and why they might work at first but why so o...
Your Blueprint for Building Better Habits and Good Behavior
December 04, 2018 14:01 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBSo, you want your kids to walk in the door, hang their jacket, unpack their bags, eat quickly and get back out the door, freshly changed, for practice. But right now you are at, well, walk in the door. BOOM! Cue screaming, crying, defiance and running in the exact opposite direction that you'd like. So how do you get from where you are now, to where you want to be with your kids? This week's podcast was inspired by a mom that worked with Abigail and feels like she can't get her child...
A Love Letter to Parents
November 27, 2018 02:40 - 11 minutes - 16 MBIf you were to see a job description for a role where non-stop, around-the-clock care was compulsory, and there was no training and no overtime, would you take it? Probably not! Yet, it's what we all sign up for when we become parents. Hand in Hand Parenting exists to support parents in this crazy difficult role, and it's why we make this podcast each week! We love love love you parents for showing up here, united in your care and devotion to raising your kids the best you can....
A Surprisingly Simple Tool You Can Use to Deal With Difficult Family Members
November 13, 2018 13:10 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBThe holiday season is rolling around fast. Whether it's Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Years these festive times exist to bring family together. And while the holidays can be fun and merry events, for many of us they bring added stress to the package, and dealing with difficult family members can feel disagreeable at best, disruptive at worst. Like... ...you can't stand the way your mom nags and picks. ...she can't stand the way your kids won't eat their greens. ......