The Lesson We Never Stop Learning: Why Your Parenting Triggers Are an Inside Job
About this episode
Ann Kaplan discusses how parenting triggers are often reflections of our own internal struggles rather than solely the behavior of our children.
What if the problem isn't your child's behavior… but the way that behavior impacts you? In this deeply honest episode of Confessions of a Parent Coach, Ann Kaplan returns to the powerful thread she began in Episodes 157, 159, and 160 — conversations about polarities, impossible situations, and personal power — and brings them together in a final, integrative discussion about parenting, self-regulation, and radical accountability. Ann explores one of the hardest lessons parents (and humans) continually relearn: the impulse to control the people around us in order to avoid our own discomfort. Through real coaching examples and personal reflection, she unpacks: Why some parenting struggles feel impossible How black-and-white thinking keeps us stuck in "either/or" thinking The difference between boundaries and control How parents unintentionally reinforce codependency Why your child's behavior may not actually be "misbehavior" What it really means to do your own inner work instead of outsourcing it to your kids How acceptance becomes the doorway to real power and change Ann also shares a vulnerable behind-the-scenes confession as a coach — noticing how easy it is to fall into the…
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