How To De-escalate Situations With Strong Willed Kids When They’re Upset With Kirk Martin Of Celebrate Calm Fresh Start Family Show podcast

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How to De-escalate Situations with Strong Willed Kids When They’re Upset with Kirk Martin of Celebrate Calm

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On this episode of The Fresh Start Family Show, Wendy chats with the funny and insightful Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm and host of the Calm Parenting podcast.

They explore 3 tools we can use to help de-escalate situations with our strong-willed kids when they’re upset that are effective and actually create closeness when parenting a strong-willed kiddo:

Self-Regulation: We must control our own emotions first before we address the child. The quickest way to change your child’s behavior is to first control your own.
Movement: Motion changes emotion. Sometimes talking makes kids more upset. Use movement to help calm an upset child.
Connection: Relationships change behavior. Staying connected, especially during discipline creates trust & safety, which kids NEED in order to learn effective self-regulation.

Strong-willed kids are incredible, AND they can often be misunderstood. This episode gives us a fresh and empowered perspective on these kiddos and how to support their big feelings.

For links & more info about everything discussed in this episode, head to www.freshstartfamilyonline.com/238.

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