Parenting Beyond Discipline

In this episode Erin talks about what to look for in a toy that will make it more engaging in both the short and long term for kids. Erin also covers toys for kids infants through teens in all areas of development: gross and fine motor skills, as well as cognitive development including language.

What do you say when your toddler, preschooler or really child of any age asks you questions about sex and sexuality? What is age-appropriate? How much should they know and when? Erin answers these questions in this episode, along with another question about how to support a toddler in becoming more independent who is not interested in doing things, of which he is capable, on his own.

Erin answers 2 questions from moms, the first about how to tell and how to transition when toddlers are ready to drop naps. The second question is about when and how to encourage sharing. In a particular, this mom has a friend who is constantly concerned and getting involved in their daughters' play sessions to deal with concerns over sharing and wants to know what to do.

In this episode Erin answers questions from 2 moms about how to deal with their children's anger issues. She also helps the second mom who is also struggling with feeling overwhelmed, anxious and depressed so her son's anger issues are just adding more pressure to her already stressful days.

In this episode, Erin covers how to work with younger children, toddlers through early elementary age to build pre-reading, reading, pre-writing, writing, and math and science skills in fun and engaging ways that are also age-appropriate and build a foundation for a life-long enjoyment of learning.

In this episode Erin helps a mom understand how to help her speech-delayed 4 year-old with her severe tantrums. She explains some background of cognitive and language development on the road to managing tantrums better along with tools to work with her child. Next Erin answers a moms question about helping her 5 year-old with her overly-emotional responses to even the smallest of requests.

Erin shares information about the process and development of adolescence along with several tips on approaching tweens and teens to motivate their behavior and eliminate the nagging!

Erin answers more parenting questions, first a mom asks about how to best eliminate reward charts after she learned from a previous episode that they do work in building internal motivation. The second question is about a lot of different behaviors from a 5 year-old including picky eating and behaviors stemming from anxiety and feeling overwhelmed.

Birth order, both your children’s and your own can affect you and your children’s personalities and how they experience the world. In this fascinating episode, you will learn the common tendencies, pitfalls to avoid, as well as all the variables that affect a child’s tendencies to express the typical patterns of each birth order category.

In this episode Erin helps a mom with tips on supporting her toddler through the common issue of nighttime and bedtime fears of monsters, as well as helping another mom work with her child when he talks about hitting or kicking another child but has no evidence to corroborate. Erin helps this mom know what to say and how to deal with discussing it with her toddler

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.

Erin answers 2 questions in this episode, one from a mom who's kids' play is turning too physical and one tries to annoy the other to get a reaction. The second questions is about how to tell when it's time to have a toddler drop naps.

In this episode, Erin answers two questions, one about dealing with a 2 year old hitting his 3 month old baby sibling and another about a 5 year old who melts down in tears and sadness when mom tries to talk with him about his behavior.

Erin answers 2 questions from parents. First a mom of a timid son is concerned about him becoming a target of bullying and wants to know how she can help him become more assertive. Then Erin answers another mom's question about how to support her 5 year old son who seems to fall apart when things don't go his way and tends to shy away from pushing himself even a little bit to try new things.

Erin shares her deeply personal journey about becoming a parent after a less-than-stellar childhood, her reason for wanting to other parents and families, not just her own and answers a questions from a listener about how much time is enough with our kids, how to allay the guilt we sometimes feel when we think we aren't giving enough