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Things parents of strong-willed children say they wish they had known earlier.
In this episode of the Understanding Your Strong-Willed Child Podcast, I speak with Allison Livingston, a parent coach, mom, and certified mediator.
By their very nature, spirited children are afraid of being controlled. They hate to be told what to do. Their nature just sets us, parents, up with a conflict by using traditional parenting methods, which are the parent is in control at all times. When you realize that, this is their nature. Notice how amazing they are. They are perfect just the way they are. Once you can crack the code of how not to trigger each other and be triggered and take their behavior personally. You bring harmony into your parenting style and home.
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<p>Ned Johnson is founder of PrepMatters, an educational company helping kids through school and into college. A professional “tutor-geek” since 1993, Ned has spent nearly 50,000 one-on-one hours helping students conquer an alphabet of standardized tests. With Dr. William Stixrud, Ned is co-author of The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives and of the forthcoming book What Do You Say?: How To Talk With Kids To Promote Motivation, Stress Tolererance, and a Happy Home. Ned is also the host of the PrepTalks podcast: conversations with parenting and education experts.</p>
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About the speaker
Allison Livingston is the founder of 5 Steps to Connect with Your Strong Willed Child. She is the mother of two daughters and lives with her family near Santa Cruz, CA. She started learning Mindful Parenting tools in 2005 to support her navigate power struggles, intense emotions and challenging behaviors with her oldest strong willed child. Today she coaches parents in conflict with their strong willed child. She has a message of hope: it doesn't have to be so hard and you aren't alone. Allison has studied, worked and practiced over 1200 hours with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and other modalities such as with Brene Brown, Dr. Shafeli, Dan Siegel and Meditation. She is a Certified Mediator and worked for 11 years doing Conflict Resolution work.
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