Breaking the Spanking Cycle Using Authoritative Parenting Skills

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of spanking and discipline in parenting, emphasizing authoritative parenting skills and the impact of ADHD and autism on children's behavior.

Join Shane Thrapp of Creating Order From Chaos and Braden Young of Empower ADHD Solutions as we get into one of the most charged conversations in parenting: spanking, discipline, and the cycle most of us were handed before we ever had a choice. We're digging into what the research actually says, why "I turned out fine" deserves a harder look, and what gentle parenting actually means — because the misunderstanding around that term is costing a lot of families. Learn about why decades of research across more than 160,000 children landed in the same place and what that means for how we discipline our kids, why physical punishment hits differently when your child's nervous system is already working overtime due to ADHD, autism, or both, what gentle parenting actually is versus the permissive no-consequences approach it constantly gets mistaken for, how authoritative parenting gives you firm consistent limits and the connection your kids need to actually learn from them, and why breaking the cycle starts with understanding that it was handed to you — and that what you do with it from here is yours to decide. You can find Shane Thrapp at www.creatingorderfromchaos.com You can find…

People in this episode

Host: Shane Thrapp

Guest: Braden Young

Topics covered

• spanking
• discipline
• gentle parenting
• authoritative parenting
• ADHD
• autism
• parenting research

Keywords

• spanking
• discipline
• gentle parenting
• authoritative parenting
• ADHD
• autism
• parenting skills
• nervous system
• research
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Creating Order From Chaos, Empower ADHD Solutions

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