How to Feel Calmer When Your Child Doesn't Do it Right

In this episode of the Parenting with Understanding podcast, Marcela Collier explains how the childhood wound of injustice can shape parenting patterns and trigger reactivity. She describes how growing up in rigid, high-pressure environments can lead parents to become overly rule-oriented, inflexible, and reactive when their children struggle to meet expectations. Marcela shares how this wound affects both parents and children, and offers practical shifts to move from pressure to support, from rigidity to flexibility, and from reactive parenting to secure parenting. This episode is part of the six-part series on understanding your inner child to transform your parenting. If you’re ready to stop reacting in anger, understand why your child’s behavior triggers you so deeply, and become a more secure parent… this episode is for you. Your child is not the problem. The wound is the pattern. And once you understand it, you can change it. So don’t wait. DM me “peace 25” on Instagram right now and get started with the free class. @highimpactclub @hicparenting Because your child doesn’t need a perfect parent. They need a safe one. And that parent can be you.

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How to Feel Calmer When Your Child Doesn't Do it Right is an episode from Parenting With Understanding Podcast by Marcela Collier.

This episode is 25:05 long.

This episode was published on Mar 31, 2026.

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