Parenting Beyond Discipline

Erin answers questions from parents in the audience, a mom who has 2 toddlers who wake up during the night, a couple of questions about when/if rewards are ever acceptable and a third from a mom dealing with power struggles with her 11 year-old son.

Parenting can leave us feeling drained and ridiculously unattractive and unsexy! In this episode, Erin shares tips on ways to get back to feeling attractive and desirable as a hard-working parent.

Erin offers insight and information about children's development as she delves into a couple of listeners specific questions, the first about how to manage infants & toddlers around adult needs and usage of a cell phones and other screens. The second question is what is the best way to handle a toddler who uses hurtful words?

Whether you feel you are starting at square one or just tweaking and refining your goals for living a healthier life for yourself and your family, Erin shares 6 secrets for sticking with your resolutions this year.

Is one of your new year's resolutions to get organized and have a smoother running home? If so, you'll want to listen to this episode, The Organized Family. Erin shares lots of tips for the organizing challenges that are particular to parents, toys, kids clothes, schedules, morning routines and more.

Do you want to buy toys for kids that they will play with time and time again? Toys that they can expand their minds and bodies too? Erin has a great list of sites and toy companies and gift ideas for toys that kids love and help them develop creatively, physically, and cognitively too!

The holidays can bring out the best AND worst in our kids! Learn how to teach kids an attitude of gratitude during the holiday season, and how to help them focus more on the true meaning of the holidays and less on the presents and "what can I get?!"

The holidays are fun but also hectic! In this episode, Erin shares some tips on ways to get through the holidays with less stress and more joy and togetherness!

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!

Car crashes are the leading cause of death for kids in the US and yet most of us are completely untrained in the best way to keep our kids safe from them: by properly installing a car seat. "Across the country we see a greater than 95% misuse of car seats" Learn how to choose the proper seat, how to install seats properly and common mistakes in installing and strapping kids in to seats.

Are you wondering how to let your kids enjoy Halloween, especially the candy without letting them go overboard? How can a parent help kids regulate their consumption without being a complete stick-in-the-mud? What are opportunities does Halloween give to teach kids good life lessons and skills? There are plenty! Tune in to find out!

Election season isn't just stressing out parents, it's trickling down and stressing out our kids too. How do we teach about the election process without exposing them to too much negativity? Also incidences of aggression are up so Erin talks about helping kids deal with aggression in this episode.

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.

Are you concerned about the relationship between your kids? Or are you just wanting to learn how to support strong sibling relationships from the start? In this episode Erin talks about some basics of sibling relationships when it comes to discord, answers parents questions about their struggles with sibling fighting and rivalry and gives some great do's and don'ts for supporting strong relationships and bonds among siblings!

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.