135: 5 reasons respectful parenting is so hard
\nThis episode grew out of a post that long-time friend of the podcast, Dr. Laura Froyen, published in a respectful parenting group that we both work in as admins.\xa0 In the post she asked people to share how they felt before and after they discovered respectful parenting, and then she created a word cloud of the results.\n\n \nThe words in the 'before' cloud were perhaps predictable - things like 'worried,' 'overwhelmed,' 'resentful,' and 'guilty.'\n\n \nAnd the most common word in the 'after respectful parenting' word cloud?\n\n \nExhausted.\n\n \nWhat on earth is going on here?\n\n \nIn this episode I explore five important reasons why respectful parenting is so hard - and what to do about each of them.\n\n \nSetting Loving (& Effective!) Limits Workshop\nDo you have a child aged 1 - 10? Are they resisting, ignoring you, and talking back at every request you make? Do you often feel frustrated, annoyed, and even angry with them? Are you desperate for their cooperation - but don't know how to get it? If your children are constantly testing limits, the Setting Loving (& Effective!) Limits workshop is for you.\n\n\nGo from constant struggles and nagging to a new sense of calm & collaboration. I will teach you how to set limits, but we'll also go waaaay beyond that to learn how to set fewer limits than you ever thought possible. Sign up now to join the waitlist for the FREE workshop that will start on April 24, 2024. Click the banner to learn more:\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \nJump to highlights:\n
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- (01:00) Why we find parenting so hard \n \t
- (01:18) Most prominent words before parents discovered respectful parenting \n \t
- (01:58) Five reasons respectful parenting can be hard \n \t
- (03:03) 1st reason: Our needs that our parents just didn\u2019t see despite doing the best they could \n \t
- (05:22) The trauma of unmet needs \n \t
- (06:09) 2nd reason: The long game that is respectful parenting \n \t
- (08:54) Our culture trains us to want results \n \t
- (09:56) 3rd reason: Our values and what we want to do in an ideal world \n \t
- (10:39) Alfie Kohn\u2019s Unconditional Parenting \n \t
- (13:38) Our child's behavior brings up old trauma \n \t
- (14:10) Shifting the way we see our children \n \t
- (15:12) 4th reason: When we see these values that we want to live \n \t
- (16:37) The tendency to engage in negative self-talk \n \t
- (17:58) Self compassion and mindfulness \n \t
- (19:11) The last (and perhaps not the last) reason \n \t
- (24:47) Super short summary information. \n
\n \n\n \n\n[accordion]\n\n[accordion-item title="Click here to read the full transcript"]\n\nJen\xa0 00:03\n\nHi, I'm Jen and I host the Your Parenting Mojo podcast. We all want our children to lead fulfilling lives. But it can be so hard to keep up with the latest scientific research on child development and figure out whether and how to incorporate it into our own approach to parenting. Here at Your Parenting Mojo, I do the work for you by critically examining strategies and tools related to parenting and child development that are grounded in scientific research on principles of respectful parenting. If...