How To Be Firm Without Yelling

About this episode

Jess discusses how to balance firmness and calmness in parenting without resorting to yelling.

In this solo episode of Robot Unicorn, Jess tackles a common parenting struggle: How to find a middle ground between being passive and resorting to yelling. Tune in to gain practical insights that will empower you to break negative cycles and lead your children with respect and calm authority. Learn more about our Parenting Little Kids course here. Get 10% OFF parenting courses and kids' printable activities at Nurtured First using the code ROBOTUNICORN. We’d love to hear from you! Have questions you want us to answer on Robot Unicorn? Send us an email: podcast@robotunicorn.net. Credits: Editing by The Pod Cabin Artwork by Wallflower Studio Production by Nurtured First Head to nurturedfirst.com/bodysafety to learn more about our Body Safety & Consent course!

People in this episode

Host: Jess

Topics covered

• parenting
• communication
• discipline
• calm authority
• negative cycles

Keywords

• parenting
• yelling
• calm authority
• discipline
• communication
• negative cycles

Sponsors

Nurtured First

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nurtured First, The Pod Cabin, Wallflower Studio

Products: Parenting Little Kids course, Body Safety & Consent course, kids' printable activities

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