Parenting Beyond Discipline

In this episode, Erin answers some parenting questions about helping a 2 year-old deal with anxiety around sharing favorite toys, and ways to help a 6 year-old learn stop aggressive behavior and instead to share emotions appropriately.

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!

In this episode, Erin covers ways to handle the age-old problem of toddlers not settling down at bedtime, whether they are crying or continuously getting out of bed, these tips solve that problem! Then Erin answers another question from mom who is more "girly" and is looking for ideas of ways to bond with her very active boys!

In this episode, Erin shares some FUN ideas for keeping kids academic skills sharp over the summer, what to do when kids tell you they are "bored" as well as ideas for having fun family time over the summer break.

Summer can be a time of great fun but also frustration and "boredom" with too much togetherness and loose schedules. Erin covers tips for making the most of the summer during this time of relief from the pressures from school in this 2 part episode! Learn how to set and work on fixing problem areas in behavior and family organization, keep school skills strong AND still have fun!

Erin answers more parenting question in this episode, including questions from a mom about how to minimize sibling fights and build stronger sibling relationships, as well as a question about the best type of bike for her 3 year old to build skills to learn to ride a 2 wheel bike.

In part 2 on raising responsible and independent kids, you will learn how to raise kids that learn to do for themselves. Erin discusses what responsibilities are realistic by age and should be expected. So you can be sure to raise kids who you can be confident in their skills and independence.

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.

In this episode Erin makes a dedication to all of those hard-working single parents out there and covers some areas that can be especially challenging for single parents, including setting boundaries and expectations and making them stick.

In this installment of the parenting Q & A, Erin answers 2 questions from her listeners, the first on ways to motivate an unmotivated 5 year-old and another on how to work with a child who seems to be displaying abnormal social behaviors and ignores the requests and even consequences of parents and teachers.

Are your kids too picky? Are you hoping to raise healthy eaters and looking for tips? In this episode, Erin covers 9 great ways to help kids learn to enjoy and even love healthy foods!

In this parenting Q & A session, Erin answers a parent's questions on what to do with a power struggle over potty training, power struggles in general and another parent's question about an older sibling reacting aggressively towards the new baby.

As kids age, they get less than the recommended sleep. Sleep is important for growth, both physical, emotional and cognitive. In this episode, Erin shares how to setup bedtime to ensure enough sleep, how to have smoother bedtimes and mornings to allow for more downtime for parents and sleep for everyone, as well as how to make switching the clocks and therefore bedtimes and wakeups go much smoother. A must listen!

Aggression among children is a common problem and even normal at some ages, yet not acceptable. In this episode, Erin shares about aggression in children and how to fix this common behavioral problem.

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!