Teaching Kids To Solve Conflict

Teaching Kids To Solve Conflict

From Brain Based Parenting by Cal Farley's

February 17, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how to help children navigate and resolve conflicts in a constructive way.

Send us Fan Mail Conflict can either harden kids or grow them. We chose growth. We dig into the real moments families face—sibling spats, unfair playing time, heated classrooms, and comment-section pile-ons—and show how to turn each one into a brain-building rep. We start by naming our own defaults—fight, flight, or freeze—and then map what’s actually happening in a child’s brain when emotions spike, why logic fails in the heat of the moment, and how rhythm and regulation reopen the cortex fo...

People in this episode

Host: Cal Farley

Topics covered

  • conflict resolution
  • child development
  • emotional regulation
  • sibling rivalry
  • parenting strategies

Keywords

  • conflict
  • children
  • emotions
  • parenting
  • growth

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