About this episode

Lisa discusses her thoughts on raising polite children and addresses listener questions on related topics.

#170 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on raising polite children. She covers what age she would start manners, balancing manners and confidence, building gratitude, and where to start with calm leadership parenting. Lastly, Lisa addresses six listener questions, discussing her approach for teaching genuine manners, how to handle an 8-year-old who is possessive over toys, what to do when a 5-year-old says unkind things to mom, and how to respond to a 4-year-old saying yuck t...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Bunnage

Topics covered

• raising polite children
• confidence in children
• calm leadership parenting
• building gratitude
• listener questions

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