In this episode, Erin shares some great information to help parents understand, prevent and deal with tantrums. She also answers a couple of questions from parents in the audience to help them get a handle on their own specific tantrum situations with their toddlers.

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The democratic/authoritative parenting style has been shown to result in THE best outcomes for social-emotional skills, cognitive skills, happiness and success in relationships and life. Positive discipline is the discipline philosophy that falls into this parenting style. Learn about positive discipline, what it is, why it works and some tips on implementing it in your family.

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Does your toddler constantly do the opposite of what you say? Does she butt up against you over almost every little thing? With these 3 tools you can have a much more cooperative toddler and smoother days!

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Rewards and punishments are just different sides of the same coin and are highly ineffective for long-term development and growth. Learn about the downsides of these two commonly used parenting tools and what you can do instead to raise cooperative, respectful and responsible kids!

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Erin answers two parenting questions, the first about a 3 year-old who reacts by screaming/screeching where she shares the steps to teaching a toddler to use words instead of reacting. The second question is about how to eliminate whining. Erin discusses ways to prevent whining and then the steps to stop whining when it does occur.

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While the independence that asserts itself in toddlerhood, seems like an annoyance, you can use it to your advantage! In this episode Erin helps a mom understand the motivations and reasons behind her toddler's defiant behavior and ways to work with the strengths of this developmental stage to increase cooperation. Then Erin gives tips to a mom for working with her 2 year-old who is in a throwing stage!

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What do you do when your 5 year-old is overly needy and also disrespectful, calling mom names? Erin delves deep into this issue like never before getting to some potential root causes of the behavior beyond some simple behavioral changes and boundary setting.

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If you want to know how to get your toddler to cooperate while out in public, this is the episode for you! Erin covers an easy 4 step process to engaging a toddler to cooperate while in public spaces! Also Erin covers some general parenting guidelines and thoughts based on her observations and experiences as a therapist working with kids as well in her own life with her own children.

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Are you getting a lot of attitude, rudeness and/or condescending tone of voice or behaviors? In this episode, Erin discusses the current "culture of disrespect" that has become all-too-common in families today and how to setup, expect and enforce an environment of respect.

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Are you curious whether or not your child’s behavior and development are considered normal? Just curious and wanting to know what to expect? Understanding development facilitates a deeper understanding which makes for smoother interactions and stronger relationships. In this episode Erin also answer 2 questions about common early childhood behavior and ways to handle them.

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Power struggles start in toddlerhood and last all the way through adolescence so learning to recognize them, prevent them and handle them well when they do happen is paramount. In this episode, Erin shares some great tips and tools for preventing and dealing with power struggles, including her own recent experience, what she did wrong and what she would do differently the next time so you can learn from her mistake!

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Erin walks through a particularly difficult exchange between a mom and her 4 year old son, with lots of general tips and guidelines as well as specifics for dealing with situations of disrespect as they wind up more and more out of control and how to pull them back.

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Taking responsibility for our actions is an important life skill that leads to success in many areas. But kids don't pick this up by osmosis. Learn about Erin's experience with one of her kids this week around this lesson and how to help your kids learn this very important skill!

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In this episode Erin answers a big and nuanced question from a listener who is struggling with where to even start with discipline, self-esteem and helping her kids with their social skills. So Erin shares how to create a framework and a strong foundation for positive discipline, including building kids self-esteem and social skills.

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How do you help your child learn to recognize and deal with anger in age-appropriate ways? Listen to this episode to learn about things that affect the way children experience and process anger, stages of anger and what to do.

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In this episode Erin discusses development of honesty and lying by age, some of the reasons kids lie, ways parents can help teach kids about lying and honesty without shaming and appropriate consequences. Erin also answer two questions from parents about ways to handle lying and teach the importance of honesty.

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If you strive to raise responsible and independent kids that make you proud, where other parents ask you "How do you get your kids to do THAT?!", then this is a not be missed episode. The first in a 2 part series on how to raise kids that do for themselves and help around the house with no (or maybe just a little) complaining! Erin discusses how changes in parenting style can lead to kids who are dependent and lazy or independent and responsible. Also, some great basic tips on setting up expectations for success. Next episode will cover what responsibilities are realistic by age and how to get these started and keep them going in your home.

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In this episode, Erin answers more questions, the first about a young toddler who hits, scratches and kicks when he's upset but only with mom. The second questions is about a toddler who has become increasingly picky. Mom had hoped he would outgrow it but it has only continued to get worse.

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Erin gets back to basics by covering development and behavior during the toddler years to help parents understand why toddlers sometimes act so unreasonable, along with some tips for prevention. Then she answers a question about a toddler who needs a parent present in order to fall asleep and a stress-free way to wean the toddler off of mom and dad to falling asleep independently!

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Have you heard of parenting styles and ever wondered about them or what style you fall under? In this episode, Erin discusses the 4 parenting styles, what traits are common to each and what research show are the common outcomes for each of the 4 styles. Enlightening, interesting and a must-listen for all parents.

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What do you do with a preschooler who has a lot of perfectionistic tendencies and inflexibilty when it comes to expectations and outcomes of daily interactions and projects? Erin gives some great tips on helping kids learn to see mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow and how to become more flexible with the expectations from life's circumstances. Then she helps a mom who's son had an infection on his penis and is now averse to allowing anyone to even take a look at it. Erin gives steps for helping this mom and son on a path to healing and learning to trust other's help him get and stay healthy when needed.

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How do you help a toddler who seems to cry about every little thing? Give a choice? Crying. 1-2-3? Crying. Offer dinner they don't like? Crying. What does a parent do? Erin covers the basics to look into first then goes into additional reasons some toddlers may be more prone to crying over upsets than others and how to help them develop their skills so everyone can be less exhausted and annoyed with all the meltdowns and crying! Also a quick answer for a mom who is asking about extreme separation anxiety and parental preference, even while home!

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How do you break the habits in sleeping and bedtime when they've been going on for years? Can you do it with little to no tears? Adding complication, this step-parent wants to know if it's even possible given co-sleeping is still happening in the other parent's home? Then, how do you help a preschooler become more independent in their play? A tired mom, is looking for a little more me time! Erin gives some tips on this too!

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A lot of parents struggle with toddlers and children who are overly persistent. But what do you do when your child gives up very easily on small tasks and barely even tries? How do help your child develop more tenacity? What about a toddler who is asking a lot about death, including her own? How do you be honest about death without scaring your child into being concerned about her own?

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A double question from one mom with big toddler issues of screaming when upset and super stressful bedtimes, not staying in bed and 1 1/2 to 2 hour bedtimes. Erin helps this mom with lots of tips of where to start and steps to fixing each of these. The second question is from a step mom, really struggling with their 6 year-old who is not listening at home or school and has gotten in trouble at school for his behavior.

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Erin answers a question from parents of a very young toddler who is engaging in some sexual-type behavior during car rides and they aren't sure what to do. Another question from a mom who wants some information on how to raise strong girls, how to send messages and support her daughter growing up confident and strong.

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How do you help a 1 year old find better ways of sharing frustration when they don't have much language skill yet? Then what do you do when you inherited a family pet but it isn't working out, yet your child has become attached? A mom wants to know how to approach this sensitive situation without breaking her preschooler's heart.

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How do you balance your time between siblings, especially when you have one who is very demanding and the other is not? Erin helps a mom figure out how to work with this family dynamic and the guilt it has brought. How do you protect younger siblings from a toddler who gets physically aggressive? Erin gives 5 tips for working with this scenario and working with an aggressive toddler to protect younger siblings.

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Toddlers can be very bossy, so much so that this episode includes two questions about how to handle bossy and demanding toddlers. How do you handle a toddler telling a parent what to do and the attitude that often accompanies these demands?

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A mom asks about some major meltdowns from her 3 year old that go on for 20-40 minutes over small things, like food breaking. She's tried play therapy, making sure physically all is ok. She has no idea what else to try. She turns to Erin for any additional tips for helping her daughter with her emotional outbursts. But first Erin answers another mom's question looking for some tips about setting up a developmental play space for children, infants through 8.

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A mom who is adopting asks a question about parenting a child with a history of trauma. However, many kids are experiencing trauma due to the conditions and stresses from the pandemic. So many changes, lives turned upside down. Is your child experiencing some trauma? What does it look like? How do we support kids to heal from trauma be it from a natural disaster like the pandemic or those coming out of the foster/child welfare system? Erin dives into these answers in this episode

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Scientist have been studying the effects of the very limited social interaction of children on their metal health and development. Learn what they are finding, if there is cause for concern and things you can do to support their health and development at home. Also a mom asked about what to do or say when her 3 year-old who has been observing dead bugs, and such and asking about death. What do you say or not say to toddler asking about death and what happens when we die?

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How do you raise a child who is not spoiled? Erin talks about what her understanding of an "unspoiled" child is, and the three areas to focus on to make sure children grow up kind, caring, independent and responsible. The second question is about what to do when a child struggles with competition and gets overly upset when losing. Erin talks about the development of competition in all children and children who naturally have a competitive nature.

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A mom is wondering how to night time potty train when her daughter is waking up with a very full diaper every morning. But she's been daytime trained for over two years. Shouldn't she be ready? What are the steps? Erin answers this plus a question from another mom wondering about how to get rid of the bedtime bottle with her now 4 year-old. He won't take a cup and she's also concerned about his calcium intake if she gets rid of the bottle.

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With so much family togetherness, sibling bickering and fights are definitely a more frequent struggle than ever. Erin answers a mom's question on how to navigate this for both short and long term. A second question about how to handle a play-date guests common potty accident issue, and how to set boundaries with other people's kids, in general.

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Erin gives a mom tips for breaking her toddler from middle of the night wake-ups for her bottle, eases a mom's fears about long good-bye's and leaving her son crying at dropoffs, after a few minutes of sharing words of support for parents struggling at home with kids of all ages and their various pain points during safer-at-home.

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How do you handle a toddler who hates the car so much she hyperventilates during a car ride? Erin helps a mom get to the bottom of why this is happening and how to fix it. The second question is a mom dealing with her toddler's head banging and loud rocking at various times throughout the night when he wakes up to put himself back to sleep. Erin shares why this can be happening, if it's normal and when a parent would need to be concerned and want to seek an assessment.

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First Erin gives some words of support to all parents. Then Erin answers a question from a mom who is struggling with several levels of misbehavior, aggression, lying and not listening/power struggles and gives this mom some background about lying and to work on this as well as the places to start with working on the other underlying issues.

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Erin shares her coping strategies during this tumultuous time for staying as sane as possible. Then to get back to a bit of normal, answers a question about a toddler who screams and screeches when frustrated with some tips on how to get this to stop!

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If we are angry, afraid, stressed, kids feel it, and often have reactions of their own. Already stressed parents become more stressed because now their kids are acting out and the cycle spirals out of control. How do we manage ourselves in stressful times and create a buffer between our emotions and how they affect or kids?

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