137: Raising Spirited & Sensitive Kids w/ Hannah and Kelty at Upbringing

Parenting Forward

Many of us begin our parenting journey not really knowing what we’re doing. We tell ourselves we’ll be fine just winging it and then quickly realize we will not be fine at all.

This is especially true when it comes to discipline. We know a one-size-fits-all approach to discipline won’t work but aren’t sure how to give our kids the freedom to be exactly who they are.

This is exactly what twin sisters Hannah and Kelty experienced and now help other parents navigate. Hannah and Kelty are the founders of Upbringing, and, above all else, moms. They began Upbringing three years ago to advocate for consent-based, shame-free styles of parenting. As a part of their movement, they teach parents how to use powers beyond control in their daily discipline.

In this episode, we talk about all of this. Hannah and Kelty teach us how to honor our children and their uniqueness, especially when it comes to helping them through their big feelings and challenging behaviors. Tune in to learn more!

Show Highlights:

• How Upbringing came to be.
• Why we should talk about kids on a spectrum of diversity that’s related to their sensitivity and spiritedness.
• What sensitivity and spiritedness mean.
• Why we need to accept our kids exactly as they are.
• How to simultaneously self-regulate and teach your children how to regulate themselves.
• How to navigate your resentment towards your kids’ freedom.
• How to teach your kids to be fully themselves in a world with social constructs.
• Why your most important job as a parent is to teach your kids self-awareness.
• Why we need to redefine safety as former people-pleasers.
• What consent-based parenting is and how to practice it.
• Why parenting isn’t about perfection but repairing connecting.

Links (affiliates included):

Hannah and Kelty’s website, Upbringing - https://www.upbringing.co

Parenting After Religious Trauma Membership - https://cindy-brandt.mykajabi.com/partmembership

Help keep the podcast going by joining the Parenting Forward Patreon Team - https://www.patreon.com/cindywangbrandt

Parenting Forward, the Book - https://amzn.to/3g0LJPn1Little

You Are Revolutionary - https://www.beamingbooks.com/store/product/9781506478302/You-Are-Revolutionary

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