Episode 151: Positive Parenting

<p>Parenting - it’s a frustrating, challenging, meaning-filled, anger-inducing, button-pushing, joyful, keeps-you-on-your-toes kind of an activity. In one day of my parenting career, I had the nanny crash my car, my one-year-old daughter had a febrile seizure and my youngest son got into a locked medicine cabinet and drank a bottle of Benadryl. It’s rough. Join me in this lively conversation with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, a psychologist and parenting coach, to discuss the best tools to parent positively (or at least calmly). <br /><br /></p><p><strong>Topics Covered:<br /></strong><br /></p><p>8:45 - Post-traumatic growth vs. post-traumatic stress <br /><br /></p><p>9:55 - The one question to ask yourself to move from post-traumatic stress TO post-traumatic growth <br /><br /></p><p>11:35 - How trauma makes us (wrongly) think that we have had our life's fill of unfairness and life should be easy now<br /><br /></p><p>12:30 - Why people believe life SHOULD be fair and how that belief hurts our resiliency <br /><br /></p><p>13:40 - Parenting is hard and an increasing challenge the older your children get. <br /><br /></p><p>14:30 - How your parenting style needs to change based on your child's age. And different children require different parenting styles. <br /><br /></p><p>17:00 - How to deal with a teenager who is making poor choices as the parent. <br /><br /></p><p>18:10 - Do NOT take your children's behaviors personally! <br /><br /></p><p> <br /><br /></p><p>Dr Ann-Louise Lockhart is a Pediatric psychologist, parent coach, author, and business owner of a thriving practice in San Antonio, Texas—<a href="https://www.anewdaysa.com/">A New Day Pediatric Psychology, PLLC</a>. She is board-certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. And she is a highly sought-after speaker and writer on multiple platforms speaking on parenting, childhood diagnoses, executive functioning, and racism.<br /><br /></p><p>For more info, visit <a href="https://www.anewdaysa.com/">A New Day Pediatric Psychology</a>.<br /><br /><br />If you like what you've heard at The Evolved Caveman podcast, support us by subscribing, leaving reviews on Apple podcasts. Every review helps to get the message out! Please share the podcast with friends and colleagues.<br /><br />Follow Dr. John Schinnerer on<br /><br />| Instagram | <a href="http://instagram.com/">Instagram.com/</a>@TheEvolvedCaveman<br /><br />| Facebook | <a href="http://facebook.com/Anger.Management.Expert">Facebook.com/Anger.Management.Expert</a><br /><br />| Twitter | <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter.com/</a>@JohnSchin<br /><br />| LinkedIn | <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/DrJohnSchinnerer">Linkedin.com/in/DrJohnSchinnerer</a><br />Or join the email list by visiting: <a href="http://guidetoself.com/">GuideToSelf.com</a><br />Please visit our YouTube channel and remember to Like &amp; Subscribe!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/jschinnerer">https://www.youtube.com/user/jschinnerer<br /></a><br />Editing/Mixing/Mastering by: Brian Donat of B/Line Studios <a href="http://www.blinestudios.com/">www.BLineStudios.com</a></p><p><br /><br /></p>