Raising Kids with Love and Boundaries
Raising Kids with Love and Boundaries
Hosted by Camilla, a seasoned parenting coach with over two decades of experience, "Raising Kids with Love and Boundaries" is your go-to podcast for navigating the challenges and joys of raising children aged 2-12.
Drawing from her own journey raising four children and extensive work with parents, Camilla offers practical advice and compassionate guidance. Each episode is crafted to provide actionable insights in a warm, non-judgmental tone, to learn practical, evidence-based tools and tips to raise amazing kids.
Episodes address topics like morning routines, sibling conflicts, toddler tantrums, school refusal, and more.
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Raising Kids with Love and Boundaries
How to talk so kids will listen
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Do you ever feel like your child isn’t listening to you, no matter how many times you ask? In this episode, Camilla shares transformative strategies to help you talk so your kids want to listen. From managing expectations to adjusting your tone and engaging cooperation, you’ll discover tools that are effective and easy to implement.
- Why Kids Don’t Listen Immediately
- Understanding their agenda vs. yours and why they’re not being deliberately disrespectful.
- How managing your expectations can foster empathy and patience.
- How You Say It Matters
- The power of tone, phrasing, and concise instructions to grab your child’s attention.
- Tips for keeping your message warm, clear, and engaging.
- Engaging Cooperation
- Fun and practical ways to make tasks manageable and enjoyable, like turning clean-up into a game.
- Using limited choices to give your child a sense of control.
- Validating Their Feelings
- The importance of acknowledging emotions without dismissing them.
- How validation helps build connection and paves the way for cooperation.
Question of the Week:
This week’s question comes from Naomi:
"Why does my child completely tune me out when I ask her to get her shoes on? What should I do?"
Camilla offers actionable steps to connect before directing, use empathy, and break tasks into manageable steps—all while maintaining calm and connection.
Resources Mentioned:
- Free Guide: “How to Get Kids to Listen Using the GREAT Method”
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Takeaways to Remember:
- Listening takes practice and understanding—manage your expectations.
- Your tone and phrasing are powerful tools for connection.
- Break down tasks and add fun to engage your child’s cooperation.
- Validating feelings is key to reducing resistance and encouraging compliance.
Next Episode:
Tune in next week as Camilla coaches Hannah, a mum of two young children, on managing parenting challenges.
Don’t Forget:
If you found this
'Why Kids Save The Worst Behaviour For Their Parents (and what to do about it)'
If your child is well-behaved for others, but lets it all out at home - this session will be very helpful.
We'll cover meltdowns, stand-offs and "why won't you just listen?" moments, with practical strategies you can try straight away.
Save your spot for 13 or 18th May 8-9pm UK (and get the replay
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