LIVE Q&A // Kids spitting, sassing, defiant, breaking consent, parents struggling to self-regulate

Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. 
A few of the topics we cover this episode:

- Spirited 4 yo hates circling back - starts spitting
- 17 mo frustrated and has no words to explain
- 5 yo sassing parents all the time
- 6 yo with low emotional intelligence
- Spirited 5 yo hard on little twin sibs
- "Oppositional defiant" kid
- Parent's sib judges her emotion coaching
- How to self reg to support kids
- When we can't be patient with kids
- Overwhelm w/ 4 kids + how to self-protect
- How to apologize to your kid?
- How to catch yourself before screaming
- 5 yo urges 3 yo to misbehave
- 5 yo roleplaying in an unhelpful way
- 4 yo steals everything from 17 mo
- 5 yo constantly grabbing 11 mo
- 2.5 yo running from getting dressed
- Parent burnt out from kid resistance

Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

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Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

What is Upbringing?

We’re Hannah & Kelty of Upbringing- twins, certified parent coaches + speakers who help caregivers across the globe transcend daily conflict with their kids for sanity + social change.

Most of us had no idea what magical mindset + sensitive skill set would be required to successfully navigate daily drama with our beloved, infuriating kids... No shame in that! From meltdowns to aggression to sibling rivalry to putting down the screen or getting out the door fully dressed + on time, managing kids’ big feelings + challenging behaviors was never meant to be done solo, let alone perfectly.

We’re here to teach you creative, research-based ways to overcome daily obstacles with your sensitive + strong-willed kids, nurturing critical skills like consent, compassion, curiosity + creativity along the way. Our podcast episodes are Live, unscripted Q&As– reach out if you have a question or challenge you’d like us to discuss!  

Learning to parent our kids with more connection and less control can feel radical and even impossible at first- we get it. We invite you to explore our shame-free, research-based offerings, each designed to help you heal yourself, nurture your kids + transform our collective future for the better.

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