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What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
What We Were Never Taught is a podcast about the emotional and relationship skills that shape the most important connections in our lives.
The show explores love, marriage, attachment, communication, conflict, emotional availability, healing, resilience, parenting, and personal growth — especially the skills many of us were never explicitly taught but are expected to somehow know.
Through honest reflection, psychological insight, real-life examples, and practical strategies, each episode looks…
Episodes
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Dismantling Disagreeableness: You Can Agree or Negotiate
You can Agree Or You can Negotiate The goal of negotiation is three-fold: Develop PUP – poise under pressure Help children Accept that they have choices. They…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
School Anxiety: Separation Anxiety Part 2
This is a large topic. Some of the keys include what parents can do and what teachers can do. Besides psychological treatment, let's discuss some things…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Separation Anxiety
This is a large topic but I wanted to give you some quick solutions. First, we need to be aware of how the meltdown may be behavioral, emotional, or an…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Loving Angry Children
We have an extensive video on our youtube channel that articulates the five golden coins of loving angry children! Check us out at www.parentingdoctors.com…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Nip Negative Cycles in the Bud by Speaking Good Into Children
Children will go down the rabbit holes of negative cycles. Sometimes these cycles include manipulation or passive aggressive behavior. Parents can nip these…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Finding The Perfect Gymnastics Center
In our first parenting podcast of the year, we return to explore decision making. Many parents are susceptible to approaching their parenting as maximizers…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 3 & Part 4
This completes our four recommendations for balanced families: 1) Family Dinners 2) Two moments of warmth with each child per day And parts 3 and 4 are…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Growth Versus Fixed Traits In Our Children: Why We Sometimes Restrict Emotional Development?
Growth Versus Fixed Traits In Our Children: Why We Sometimes Restrict Emotional Development? Some parents will say "Oh, he's just shy!" Or, "he's got a…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
The Essence Of Anger Management Is Staying On The Subject
When children say "I hate you," "Go Away," "Time to go home - to a guest," these comments involve avoiding the subject. Anger Management is essentially being…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 2
Part 1 emphasized the importance of family dinners. Our second recommendation emphasizes the importance of daily moments of connectedness. 2 moments of warmth…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 1
This week's parenting podcast starts off my four recommendations for maintaining poise on the balance beam of family life. What are those things that families…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Anger: Identification, Self-Soothing Strategies, & Anger Rehearsals
Helping our children manage their anger is extremely critical for well-being and the long-term success of their future. There are several things we can do to…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
What Are The Stressors For Young People Nowadays? Five Pieces of Advice Every Family Should Apply
Youth deal with many stressors nowadays. Social media pressures and over scheduling in academics, sports, and activities are just some of them. The following…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Resolving Blind Spots To Prevent Conditional Love
The last thing kids need is conditional love. Instead, they need unconditional love. No matter what kids do, healthy parents will love them no matter what…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Why Losing Is Great For Kids!
There are so many advantages to losing a basketball game and as parents we can turn losses into life lessons, emotional resilience, and the ability to embrace…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Facilitating Courage In The Family: Bravery & Vulnerability
Facilitating Courage In The Family: Bravery & Vulnerability Facilitating courage has to go beyond belief - and to personal impact. I provide 3 Keys to applying…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
How to improve communication between a teacher and parent when a child has a behavior problem in the classroom
How to improve communication between a teacher and parent when a child has a behavior problem in the classroom. If your teacher is dealing with behavior…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
5 Keys To Reducing Experienced & Perceived Pressure In Sports & Academics In Our Children
I spoke to over 90 mental health experts in the Midwest during three days last week. Many reports that parents put significant pressure on their kids when it…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Parenting Teenagers with FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
This week's Parenting Podcast is titled "Parenting Teenagers With FOMO -- Fear of Missing Out." There are a range of stressors that tweens and teenagers are…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Coping With Grief
Family dinners remains one of the best predictors of healthy families. Discussing grief at dinner time includes accepting feelings and self care. Other…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Five Action Steps To Help You Teach Your Child To Never Quit
Today's podcast is Five Action Steps to Help You Teach Your Child To Never Quit! In My practice, I am seeing quitting happening quite frequently on the sports…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
What Is The Antidote To Your Teenager Making The Comment "I'm Not Proud Of You?"
A man was going through a difficult time and his daughter remarked to the gentleman that she "wasn't proud of him." What does a father say to this experience?…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Top 10 Considerations When Addressing A Child's Tantrum During Family Pictures
This 7-minute podcast focuses on the Top 10 considerations when addressing a child’s tantrum during family pictures (1) When parents take the short cut and…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Screen Free Zones In The Home
What makes a successful family? (1) An occasional family meeting with open dialogue about how the family is doing. (2) Regular family dinners. (3) SCREEN FREE…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Some Parents Are Elevating Their Child’s Anxiety. Solutions: Knowledge is Power But Strategies Are Needed
I traveled around the state of Wisconsin this week. I met some wonderful professionals – teachers, principals, school counselors and psychologists, mental…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Back To The Future Tribute & Other Parenting Nuggets
Today's parenting podcast is a tribute to a movie favorite -- Back To The Future. Parenting nuggets are discussed -- consistency, warmth, engagement...
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Developing Your Children To Become Overcomers Of The Sharing Problem
All siblings argue and engage in conflict making sharing difficult sometimes. Positive households with warmth, good communication skills, and unconditional…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Two Family Techniques for Dealing with Household Chaos & Overwhelm: 5 Senses Strategy and the Mindfulness Grounding (Countdown) Technique
Do you ever feel overwhelmed as a parent? Do you ever feel like you have lost control or are on the verge of "losing it" in the face of chaos? If that is you…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Protective Parents: Five Nights At Freddy's?
Protective Parents: Five Nights at Freddy's? I taught seminars with approximately 100 educators and mental health clinicians this week in Alabama. One of the…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Pivotal Moment Involvement
We have seen the devastating effects of parental uninvolvement. And, we have seen the research and media identify the concerns regarding over-involvement (i.e…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Does Parenting Decrease Happiness?
Does parenting decrease happiness? Parenting is the epitome of inconveniences. With regards to happiness, the pleasant life does suggest that happiness goes…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Interpersonal Joining
Parents can do a lot to not embarrass their child or leave them out there alone for uncomfortable moments. "Can we have another milk. Lisa spilled it."…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
The Problem Of Overemphasizing Personality Traits
To emphasize personality functioning minimizes the power of love in parenting. There is a misperception in parenting – you are smart if you can describe your…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Conflict Resolution Part 2: Sibling Conflict Is Good!
In Part 1, I suggested two belief changes for all parents: - Conflict is positive, not a negative in family life. - Promoting conflict as a healthy pillar in…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Sibling Conflict Is Good!
Conflict is Good Since the beginning of time, siblings have fought. Everybody in my generation who had siblings understands sibling rivalry and arguing…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
The Topic of Spanking & 5 Ways to Make Sure Discipline Lasts
1. Reward desired behavior- reward behavior in the direction of the desired behavior. 2. Praise effort more than results. 3. Count to 10, breath, take a step…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
The Antidote To Fickle Behavior Is Consistency
Dealing with kids and their fickle friendships can range from an inconvenience to a nightmare. Kids have rocky relationships and up and down behavior and…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Wouldn't It Be Great If We All Had A Bug In Our Ear?
If we had a bug in our ear, we could receive feedback whenever we are in a situation when we are rushing, impatient, intolerant, lack compassion, reluctant to…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
Movie Review: Inside Out
Movie Review of the movie Inside Out. The movie focuses on the five characters of Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, & Fear. While limited, this is a great movie on…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
A Book Review: Why Less is More for WOSPS: Well-Intentioned, Overinvolved Sports Parents by John M. Tauer, Ph.D.
A Book Review on the best book out there for parents and youth sports.
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
How To Raise Two Marshmallow Children: 5 Strategies
A four-year old was shown some marshmallows. He could have one marshmallow now, or he could have two marshmallows in 15 minutes. There is a striking difference…
- What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors
The 3 Reasons Parents Make Reinforcement Mistakes
It is helpful for parents to reflect on the three clear reasons why inappropriate behavior is reinforced: (1) ignorance, (2) intolerance of being…
What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting DoctorsIntegrating Choice Theory with Discipline
Emphasize Choices Not Orders: How to let your children be free without the family chaos! We discuss how emphasizing choices is helpful, particularly during…