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2-Minute Personal Message from Kirk
I wanted to share a very quick message that is important to us personally AND preview what you can expect from the podcast in July. Thank you for lis…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Discipline Without Yelling or Giving In? 3 Questions You Must Ask #494
Why don’t consequences work? What are appropriate expectations of your child and yourself? How can we discipline without being authoritarian or permi…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Summer Sanity: 6 Ways to Build Your Child's Confidence #493
Sometimes the stress of the school year can strip your kids of their confidence and create conflict even with siblings. Kirk gives you 6 new, creativ…
9 months ago
The Battle That Changed Me: How To De-Escalate & Discipline #492
I don’t know how to describe this episode other than to say it is filled with several profound and practical insights and scripts that will change yo…
9 months ago
More Scripts to Explain Your Child’s Diagnosis or Struggles (Part 2) #491
In Part 2 of this series, Kirk addresses how to get your kids to understand how their brains work best. As one child mentioned after listening to Par…
9 months, 1 week ago
A Script to Explain Your Child’s Diagnosis or Struggles (Part 1) #490
How should you talk to your kids about their diagnosis or struggles? How can we do this in a positive, constructive way without shame, negativity, or…
9 months, 1 week ago
10 Ways to Stop Irritating Power Struggles Without Reacting #489
Before I was the Calm Guy, I was the Triggered Guy! My default mode was, “My strong-willed son is doing things on purpose to irritate me and I need t…
9 months, 1 week ago
11 Ways to “Correct” A Strong-Willed Child Without Provoking A Battle #488
Do you have a child who HATES being corrected? Even if you do it in a very sweet way, your child gets furious, lashes out, screams or covers his or h…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
A Different Way to Discipline Pure Defiance (Best Podcast of 2025) #487
I have told this story before, but today a new flood of emotions came out as I realized this story with my own son…mirrored my experience with my own…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What It Feels Like to Be A Sensitive, Strong-Willed Child #486
Your strong-willed kids experience childhood differently than other kids. Sometimes it’s hard to really understand. There’s no instruction manual for…
9 months, 3 weeks ago