• Stop and Listen
    Sep 4 2023

    In this Positive Parenting pep Talks Podcast, I suggest an idea to prevent conflicts with your child. How many times does a situation escalate out of control before we even know what happened? To prevent the conflict, try stopping everything and just listening to your child and see what happens.

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    5 mins
  • Helping a mom manage conflict with the kids
    Jun 30 2023

    In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom manage a conflict in her family.

    This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.

    We brainstorm ways to understand and facilitate mom getting her self care time within the constrains of her family dynamic.

    For more in depth education about how to redirect power struggles, you can take my online video class at Udemy.

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    12 mins
  • Helping a mom redirect revenge
    Jun 28 2023

    In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom brainstorm solutions to a revenge cycle.

    This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.

    We brainstorm ways to deal with discipline when the power struggle turns into revenge.

    For more in depth education about how to redirect power struggles, you can take my online video class at Udemy.

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    16 mins
  • Helping a mom with a power struggle
    Jun 25 2023

    In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom brainstorm solutions to a power struggle.

    This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.

    We brainstorm ways to more firmly handle power struggles when the talking, negotiating and flexibility aren't working.

    For more in depth education about how to redirect power struggles, you can take my online video class at Udemy.

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    21 mins
  • Happier Kids Now Interview
    Jun 12 2023

    Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast is a recording of and interview I gave many years ago on the Happier Kids Now Online Expo. I wanted to share it with you because I was able to provide so many ideas for helping you to help your kids behave better.

    I mentioned the Dial-A-Discipline Wheel that you can purchase here.

    I talked about Power Struggles and have an online video class you can purchase for $12.99 here.

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    In this episode:

    • About my back ground and how I got started
    • Why do kids Misbehave?
    • Kids have need they are trying to get met through their behavior.
    • Spend time with kids when they’re not misbehaving.
    • How do you identify misbehavior?
    • A systematic approach to misbehavior in your children.
    • A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.

    There are 4 mistaken goals of misbehavior:

    • Attention
    • Power
    • Revenge
    • Inadequacy

    Dial-A-Discipline to help identify and correct misbehavior.


    • Why do kids love to power struggle with us?
    • What age do they learn to power struggle with us?
    • What’re the 2 best ways to teach them not to power struggle with us?
    • How do you get out of a power struggle?
    • Why do kids always have to get the last word in?
    • What is the high level communication tool you can role model for your children?
    • What happens if your child is being hurtful or hateful?
    • You need to know which discipline to use on which behavior.
    • What is the child who is helpless, tired or says, “I Can’t”?
    • What is the first thing to do when your child is being hurtful or hateful?
    • How can you understand the behavior without taking it personally?
    • Mirror back to your child the impact they are having on their world.
    • An example of my daughter bing in the goal of revenge and how I handled it.
    • Valuable insights into the goal of revenge.
    • Looking at how adults model this behavior.
    • Learn to redirect a child that is whining and saying, “I can’t!”


    During the last 20 minutes, Deb offers parents specific help during Q&A.


    If you want more in depth information about powers struggles and the other 3 goals go to Season 1 of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Success Stories for the Positive Parenting Class
    Jun 5 2023

    In today's Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast, 2 parents share their success stories from the class. The first is a dad who is doing his best to maintain his progress with the class on not fall back into old habits. The second is a mom that came up with an I-message and logical consequence when her 5 year old forgets to use the washroom and has an accident.

    If you would like to receive free coaching and be a guest on the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, please email me at debbie@positiveparenting.com

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    6 mins
  • Discipline Inadequacy
    May 26 2023

    In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."

    In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is whining or saying, "I can't!" In this mistaken goal, there are several simple ways to discipline, including breaking the task up into smaller steps and celebrating success and distracting them.

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    11 mins
  • Discipline Revenge Behavior
    May 24 2023

    In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."

    In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is being hurtful, hateful or mean. The goal of revenge happens hen a child feels hurt and is taking it out on others around him.

    You will learn important tools to use when navigating this goal, and also a few of my personal stories experiencing this goal with my children.

    Here is a discount to take my comprehensive 1.5 hour class on effectively dealing with power struggles on the Udemy platform.

    ⁠⁠Buy a Dial-A Discipline⁠⁠ for $14.99 plus S&H.

    Please ⁠⁠visit my website ⁠⁠and learn more about Self-Directed and facilitated Positive Parenting classes.

    Please follow me on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and leave your comments and suggestions about these ideas.

    Thank you for your interest in Positive Parenting.

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    10 mins