This episode answers more listener questions, covering all kinds of topics.

When thinking about how to help our kids manage negative behaviors, there is an approach (The Nurtured Heart) that suggests that kids require different levels of energy from us, even when we're praising and validating them. You can here more about this idea in this podcast episode or this book.

The goal in responding to our kids' big emtions is not to make all negative emotions go away. There is growth and power in experiencing hard things and emotions and learning how to survive it and come out of it.  Sometimes the only way to do this is to stay with them and let them move through it.

Just because negative behaviors are continuing, it doesn't mean your parenting approach 'isn't working' or is wrong. Just like we expect kids to struggle over time to learn to read, swim, walk, etc. we expect them to struggle to learn new ways to manage themselves over time.

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