Ep #217 What The Behavior Is Telling You

About this episode

This episode explores the underlying fears behind children's behavior and emphasizes understanding rather than correcting it.

When one of my daughters was refusing to go to bed every single night, my first instinct was to fix it. But when I paused and actually got curious about what was going on, she told me she was scared to be alone. Her behavior wasn't defiance. It was fear. That's what this episode is about. Over 95% of our kids' problem behavior was never intentional, and when we treat it like something to correct, we miss the real message underneath. In this episode I walk you through what it actually means to...

People in this episode

Host: Andee Martineau

Topics covered

• child behavior
• parenting
• emotional understanding
• fear in children
• gentle parenting

Keywords

• parenting
• behavior
• fear
• gentle parenting
• emotional intelligence

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