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When children's behavior is difficult, parents need support, good information, and practical tools to reduce stress, understand their child's emotions, and build cooperation and warm connection in the family. Join Elle Kwan and Abigail Wald as they share the Hand in Hand Parenting approach with useful examples and stories from real parents like you.
Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon turn an open fridge into a chance for you to connect.
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A season finale about finding a steadier path through hard parenting moments by returning to connection.
A parent who values Hand in Hand Parenting's tools but freezes when a limit needs setting gives the season finale its useful tension. Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon frame parenting as a shifting practice, where connection can move from one tool to another as a child's behavior…
A steady look at meeting hitting with calm limits, closeness, and attention to the feelings underneath.
A child's hitting is framed as behavior driven by fear, grief, overwhelm, or tension, rather than clear thinking. The hosts keep the focus on staying calm and nearby, setting a firm limit, and listening for the feelings underneath.
A steady guide to hearing a child's divorce-related fear when words are still out of reach.
Separation and divorce are framed here through what young children may not be able to say yet. The conversation stays with children whose behavior, body language, or sudden phrases can carry feelings they cannot explain.
A practical conversation about older siblings taking on too much and parents learning to take the weight back.
Birth order is treated less as a fixed label than as a role that can switch on in the middle of family stress. Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon focus on older children who begin managing younger siblings when a parent looks tense, moving into bossy or critical behavior as they try…
Parenthood and bodies, told one honest story at a time.
Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon use Hand in Hand Parent Club to answer a question from a newer parent who feels frozen when a limit needs to be set.
Hand in Hand Parenting’s Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon answer a listener’s question about a child who started hitting, and they argue that aggression is an alarm response rather than proof of a “bad kid.” Kathy Gordon’s preschool example shows how a move from two mornings a week to five mornings plus daycare can trigger separation fear, especially for a child with early adoption stress.
Patty Wiffler, founder of Hand in Hand Parenting, says children rarely say they need support “around the divorce,” so their feelings surface through small limits, sleep trouble, eating changes, or transition-time blowups.
Hand in Hand Parenting hosts Emily Murray and Kathy Gordon ask Summer Sheldon, a certified instructor and licensed professional counselor in Oregon, how birth order affects respectful parenting.
Kirsten Nottleson argues that a tween or teen saying "get away" may still want connection, especially when nonverbal signals contradict the words.
Hosts discuss the concept of frenemies in children's friendships and how parents can use Hand in Hand Parenting tools to navigate these relationships.
This episode discusses how to handle moments when children refuse to comply, using listening and limit-setting tools from the Hand in Hand Parenting approach.
Hosts discuss potty training challenges, timing, methodologies, and emotional support for parents.
Hosts discuss how to effectively use listening partnerships to support parents in managing children's difficult behaviors.