615: Your Child Is A GIFT. How Big? HUGE...
I think it safe to say that all parents see their child as a gift, however, just how big a gift they really see them as, might be a tad unde...
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Parenting In The Thick Of It with Louise Clarke
Welcome to the Parenting In The Thick Of It show - the place where you will feel heard, supported and guided through YOUR parenting challenges. If you are tired, stressed, frustrated & strug...
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20 of 613 episodes614: Look Out… Your Kids Are Watching You!
We spend so much time worrying about the fact our kids don’t listen to us, yet rarely do we stop and ask ourselves, “How good am I at listen...
613: Ok, So You Lost Your Shit… Now What? (Part 3 of 3)
Before we go any further, IT’S OKAY. You are not alone; we have all done it and do a really good job of it! However, there are things we “sh...
612: How Do I Stop Myself from Losing My Shit with My Kids? (Part 2 of 3)
For me, this is my number one goal in parenting. I think that it is one of THE, if not the most important thing we can hope to do, try to do...
611: Are You Continually Triggered By Your Kids' "Bad" Behavior? (Part 1 of 3)
No matter what you do, you end up losing it! You keep calm for so long and boom... you snap. If you are a regular listener of the show you'l...
610: What Do You Do When Your Child Starts Arguing With You?
It is all too easy to get drawn into an argument with your child, however, it rarely works. Actually, I might go as far as saying that it NE...
609: You Try Hard to Have Limits on Your Kids’ Tech Diets But it Never Works… (Part 8 of 8)
No matter what you do, when it comes to getting your kids off their phones, it always ends up in arguments. You’ve read the books, listened...
608: How Do I Get My Kid to Agree to a Family Tech Plan? (Part 7 of 9)
What do you do when your kid refuses to see things through the same lens as you? They come up with all sorts of crazy ideas and reasons to t...
607: The Ins & Outs of Mobile Data + Cell Phone Contracts in Creating a Heathy Tech Diet (Part 6 of 9)
“Controlling” our kid’s media diets through limiting their mobile data is fast becoming a thing of the past. So how on earth do we hope to d...
606: The Art of Negotiating in Planning & Devising A Tech Plan for Your Child (Part 5 of 9)
Are you a good negotiator? Have you actually ever thought about it related to parenting? The bottom line is this: being really good at negot...
605: How Do I Get My Child Off Their Device and Avoid The Fight? (Part 4 of 9)
There are many things you can do to “control” your child’s media diet and in the next three episodes I’m going to give you the 7 magical ste...
604: When Should I Panic? What Is Too Much Screen Time? How Will I Know? (Part 3 of 9)
Welcome to my podcast book club series on the book The Tech Diet for your Child and Teen by Brad Marshall. How many hours are too many? How...
603: Does Your Child Spent Too Much Time Immersed in Social Media + Video Games? (Part 2 of 9)
For this generation, social media is HUGE and I feel it has got to the point where they can’t live without it but at the same time, are stru...
602: Generation NOW, Generation Smartphone. How Did We Get Here? (Part 1 of 9)
When I asked my son to describe his generation, he came up with “Generation NOW” which I found fascinating. He went on to say “mum, we can’t...
601: The Single Most Valuable Skill Your Kids Need Today… Pay ATTENTION to This!
In this digital age, there is one thing that has fast become the scarcest commodity… and it begins with A. Being able to manage this is, wit...
600: It’s Not Actually Your Child You React To, It’s The…
Are you aware of the stories you create about your child and their behavior? And do you realize that whatever the situation is that it’s not...
599: How to Balance Your Child’s Screen Time + Real Time
Does your child struggle to consume a healthy media diet and spend way too much time in the virtual world at the expense of time spent in th...
598: Do You Have a Strong-Willed, Stubborn + Seemingly Defiant, “Out-of-Control” Child?
If you’re raising a strong-willed child, you likely experience so many emotions on a daily basis: you love your kid deeply and you want the...
597: Do You Find It Hard to Accept “Bad” Behavior?
I think that this might be one of the hardest things to have to do as a parent. When everything is telling you to fight against the bad beha...
596: Are You Tired of Feeling Overwhelmed?
Off the back of the pandemic, I’m sure there are few parents who have not felt some form of overwhelm. I certainly have. However, I have wor...