153. How to Discipline Without Yelling or Threatening to Cancel Christmas

About this episode

Flora McCormick shares a powerful shift that helps parents discipline without yelling or threatening extreme punishments.

Ever threatened something ridiculous in the heat of a parenting moment… like canceling Christmas? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Sustainable Parenting Podcast, Flora McCormick shares a powerful shift that helps parents discipline without yelling, threatening, or escalating power struggles with kids. After working with a dad of three who found himself regularly reaching for extreme punishments when his kids ignored him, Flora introduces a simple but transformative tool: Notice + Curi...

People in this episode

Host: Flora McCormick

Topics covered

• discipline
• parenting
• yelling
• power struggles
• resilience

Keywords

• discipline
• parenting techniques
• yelling
• power struggles
• resilient kids

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