The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 140: What a Slacker! Getting Over My Own Parenting Problem
Today on the show I want to share with you one of the main areas where I struggle in my own parenting journey, and I want to share it with you because, if I had to guess, you likely struggle in this area too.
Today I want to share with you the area where I slack off in my parenting. Where I loosen up. Where I lack consistency.
It’s probably similar for you.
You see, you are likely changing the consistency in those strategies that you’re using and it is likely having an effect on your child’s behavior, but you don’t even realize that it’s happening.
Alright, now let me share with you how I’m a slacker and where my struggle lies within my own parenting. Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn discusses why children can be more well-behaved when only one parent is present versus two parents present;
- She explains why this is the case; and
- She...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 135: Why You Should Aim for Proactive (Instead of Reactive) Parenting
You’re likely here today because you’re ready to ditch the overwhelm and the frustration that can come with parenting toddlers, dealing with tantrums, hearing the whining, and managing all of the junky behaviors.
And, of course, I’m here today to help you live a more peaceful parenting life, to help you create some calm, to help you parent smarter and not harder, and to help you parent easier.
So today on the show I want to talk about proactive versus reactive parenting, and why your goal is to aim for that proactive parenting.
Let’s talk about those differences between reactive parenting and proactive parenting. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains the differences between reactive and proactive parenting;
- She explains how proactive parenting can solve those unwanted toddler behavior problems long-term; and
- She shares how you personally can benefit ...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 133: Quit Attaching Personal Meaning to Your Child’s Behavior!
What makes parenting much more difficult is when we attach personal meaning to our child’s behavior and blame ourselves.
To be straight with you, it’s not helpful to you and it’s not helpful to your child, but we still do this, we still attach this personal blame to ourselves, and it needs to stop.
So today, let’s talk about how we should actually view behavior and quit making life harder than it needs to be.
Now let me share with you how I view behavior. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn shares the ways in which we attach personal meaning to our child’s behavior, like by saying, “I’m the reason he’s acting out.”;
- She explains how she views behavior objectively so that we don’t make behavior subjective; and
- She shares her trick for viewing her own children’s behavior for what it is, just behavior.
SHOW NOTES
...The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 131: What To Do When You’re Suffering in Your Parenting
No one likes to suffer. We also don’t like to talk about it because we think that we are the only ones who suffer or we think we are the only ones who suffer in THIS specific way…
Bedtime battles, ditching the paci, getting your kid poop potty trained, whatever it is.
So today on the show I want to talk about the difference between suffering and struggling and what you can do when you are suffering in your own parenting.
Now let’s address this unspoken suffering. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains the difference between struggling and suffering in your parenting;
- She shares specific ways she has suffered in her own parenting; and
- She illustrates what you can do when you are suffering in your own parenting to get out of the suffering state.
SHOW NOTES
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 128: Potty Training between Separated Parents
The phrase “Potty Training” can seem intimidating in and of itself but when you think about “Co-Parenting and Potty Training,” well, maybe you’re even more unsure how you’ll do it and how your toddler will respond.
I don’t want potty training to be daunting, scary, or intimidating for you, so today on the show I’m going to break down potty training while co-parenting, shed some light on the different ways it can look - because it will likely look differently for everybody - and help you feel more confident and at ease with potty training your toddler, even if your kiddo jumps from house to house, from one parent to the other.
Let’s dive right in and talk about co-parenting and potty training. Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains three general ways potty training can look while co-parenting;
- She shares the important ways both parents can be...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 127: The SECRET to Parenting Strategies
Today I want you to stop and ask yourself what do YOU think the secret to using parenting strategies is?
Is it perfection? Is it using the strategy 100% of the time and never missing a beat? Is it the ability to shift strategies depending on the situation, the behavior, your child’s needs at the moment.
Maybe you have no idea. Your mind is blank. You don’t have a clue.
If you find yourself in that boat, mama, don’t blame yourself. Parenting is hard. It’s tiring. It’s taxing. It takes a village. And to be honest, sometimes we make it more difficult than it actually is. Parenting can be easy. Using parenting strategies can be easy.
So of course today I’m going to share with you the secret to parenting strategies. Why? Because when you learn the secret to parenting strategies, suddenly parenting will seem easier. That lightbulb inside of you will go off. It’ll go off now...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 125: Is It Normal for My Toddler to Pull Hair?
If you’re a mama with long hair like me, you also dread when your toddler pulls your hair.
Maybe it was by accident or maybe it was intentional. Regardless of the intent, I have thought many times about cutting my hair because it has become a pet peeve of mine when my hair gets pulled. It drives me nuts.
But what we want to know is whether it’s normal. And more importantly, how can we make it stop?
So, how do we get our toddlers to stop pulling our hair? Let’s find out. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains four different reasons for why toddlers may pull your hair;
- She shares how you can respond when your child does pull your hair so that the hair pulling doesn’t continue long-term; and
- She shares how she responded when her own two kids pulled her hair.
SHOW NOTES
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 124: Is Using New Parenting Strategies Really THAT Hard?
Maybe you are finding yourself in a season of parenting where you’re ready to make some changes.
You’re ready for ease in your parenting, you’re ready to enjoy parenting your child, and you really desire to feel confident in HOW you are parenting your child.
Maybe the yelling is no longer working for you… one because long-term, it’s not an effective strategy, two because you don’t like what it’s doing to your relationship with your child, and three you know that there has to be something BETTER and MORE to being a parent of a toddler.
Maybe, just maybe, you’re looking for an all-around turnaround in your parenting, with your homelife, with your feelings, in your personal life, and with your marriage.
You and I both know that how we feel in one area of our life spills over into other areas…. So it’s not so crazy to think that when you create ease in...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 119: Quick, Potty Training! My Toddler is about to Go to Preschool
Like you, my toddler will be starting 3 year-old preschool come Fall, and if we are being real with ourselves, that’s right around the corner.
Lots of preschools, schools, or daycares require children to be potty trained by a certain age, and that definitely puts some extra pressure and stress on us mamas.
So if you’re in the boat of needing to get your toddler potty trained ASAP for preschool or daycare come Fall, I’ve got your back. In today’s episode I’ll share with you the MOST important things you need to know about getting your toddler potty trained AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Now let’s get to potty training your toddler in a snap. It’s go-time. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains shares seven key pieces of potty training to help get your toddler potty trained in time for preschool;
- She shares to most popular potty training issue...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 118: Do THIS to Boost Your Own Parenting Skills
What’s the first step in growing in your own parenting?
You know that parenting is hard, especially when you are the parent to a strong-willed toddler or a 3-year-old who doesn’t like to listen or to an 18 month old who is constantly whining or to a 2-year-old who is refusing to be potty trained. It can be mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting. I don’t discount that.
But sometimes in our parenting we may need to try new things: new parenting strategies to help that strong-willed toddler or a different method to potty training that 2-year-old or a specific way to communicate with your child so that he or she will actually listen.
