Why parenting advice won't help you stop snapping at your kids

About this episode

This episode explores why traditional parenting advice fails to help parents manage their emotions and behavior effectively.

Send us Fan Mail If you keep snapping, shutting down, or feeling guilty, even though you “know” what to do... this episode will finally make it make sense. After speaking with more than 200 parents, I’ve noticed the same pattern: We are drowning in parenting advice, but no one is teaching parents the one skill that actually changes everything, how your nervous system works. In this episode, I talk about: Why you still lose patience even after therapy, courses, and all the scriptsWhat’s really...

People in this episode

Host: Cindy Hovington, Ph.D.

Topics covered

• parenting advice
• nervous system
• patience
• emotional regulation
• parenting challenges

Keywords

• snapping
• guilt
• therapy
• courses
• nervous system
• patience
• parenting

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