How can you build harmony with your strong-willed child? Listen to experts and fellow parents share their stories and tips to overcoming daily obstacles.
Adult-size emotions and lack of skills to handle them.
In this episode of the Understanding Your Strong-Willed Child Podcast, I speak with Mary Van Geffen, a parenting coach.
Think about making space for your strong-willed child to have adult-size emotions, see their adult-sized aggression, and feel the drama of the moment, yet being a supportive parent. Remember our children don't have any of the cognitive executive function or the ability to have self-control, yet, to manage those emotions.
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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
Mary Van Geffen is an international parenting coach for overwhelmed moms of strong-willed & spicy children.
Based in Southern California, Mary helps moms (over the phone or on FaceTime to) gain confidence to choose gentle, respectful parenting especially if they weren’t raised that way.
She has a ministry on Instagram where she posts an inspiring parenting tip every single day. Just reading her social media will help you delight in your child and remember that you are enough. Mary believes that when a mom realizes how hard she is on herself and cracks the door open for some self-compassion, her entire family is bathed in light!
Mary is a certified Simplicity Parenting Counselor® and Professional Co-Active Coach®. Her greatest achievement, however, is cultivating a calm, kind and firm relationship with her spirited go-getter daughter (now 16), polar-opposite introverted son (14) and un-Enneagramable hubby.
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