About this episode

In this episode, Stacey Yates Sellar discusses coaching parents through mealtime battles and the patterns that contribute to parenting stress.

I had one of those coaching conversations recently that I know so many parents will recognise instantly. The repeating, the arguing, the escalating, and that moment where you hear yourself and think, how did we get here again? In this episode, I share a real-life coaching breakdown with a family navigating daily struggles around listening, transitions, and mealtimes. We unpack what’s really going on beneath the surface and, more importantly, how to interrupt those patterns in a way that actually builds skills instead of stress. What You’ll Discover - The One-Time Rule That Changes Everything : Why repeating instructions fuels escalation, and how moving straight to support builds real skills. - Why Mealtimes Become Power Struggles : How negotiation, persuasion, and pressure create resistance, and what to do instead. - Interrupting the Parent-Child Escalation Loop : Simple ways to recognise when you’re triggered and reset before things spiral. What really stood out to me in this conversation is how much of parenting stress comes from patterns we don’t even realise we’re in. The request, repeat, argue, threaten cycle feels automatic, but once you see it, you can start to change it…

People in this episode

Host: Stacey Yates Sellar

Topics covered

• parenting
• mealtime struggles
• communication
• skill development
• escalation patterns

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