Making Sense of Parenting
Ep. #3 - The Secret of Trusting God When You Have a Difficult Child
Ep. #2 - How To Stay Calm When You Are Losing Your Temper
by Kelly K Shoup
In today’s podcast, Kelly is breaking down ways to help parents trust God when parenting is difficult. Focusing on your personal relationship with God and the power of your own thoughts, Kelly offers simple suggestions to help improve your experiences permanently, regardless of the age and stage of your child. Key Areas to Help Parents Trust God Basics about God God designed us to rely on Him. God designed all humans with the same basic structure, but we are also unique. The closest we can get to perfect parenting is by inviting God’s grace into our parenting. Because of the Fall, we gravitate to the easiest option: do the opposite! Every child is difficult: it’s just a matter of when. Your Own Thoughts Errors Your thoughts matter. We are inclined to have thoughts that do not help us in parenting. Acknowledge at least two parenting wins every day. Choose a more helpful thought. If you need extra help, reach out: Kelly would be so happy to help you! Instagram Simple Six Course Book an SOS call with Kelly!
In today’s podcast, Kelly is sympathetically addressing how easily parents can get stuck in a cycle with their children: Lose temper, yell, feel terrible, repeat. But there is hope! With the intention of decreasing these temper-losing incidents, Kelly is offering parents five tools to combat temper and increase peace. 5 Tools To Stay Calm: Pregame Strategy: what do YOU need to show up well? Time-out and walk away: When you take a time-out for yourself, you’re modeling healthy behavior to your children. Breathe and count. Imaginary Duct Tape! (You won’t want to miss this one) Pray! Need more help from Kelly? Reach out! She’d love to talk to you! Click here to book an SOS call with Kelly Check out Kelly’s Simple Six Course Kids and parents alike should also take the Sensory Profile Quiz
In this podcast, Kelly introduces the concept of “The Simple Six,” the six areas she focuses on in every session with every child. These areas are: Gross and Fine Motor Skills Sensory Balance Self-Regulation Social-Emotional Success Using helpful, real-life examples, Kelly shows parents how to translate their child’s behavior and determine if it is really “bad” behavior, or if it is a developmental stage that is completely appropriate for the child’s age. In one particularly helpful example, Kelly discusses a three-year-old who after three hours of preschool, without any issues, has a complete meltdown in her mom’s car on the way home. Kelly explains that after three hours of sensory overload, the child is exhibiting a response that is appropriate for the child, given her age. While validating that these behaviors are normal, Kelly also offers the reassurance that parents can help their children build the skills they need simply by working with them for 5-10 minutes daily. To learn more, click here for The Simple Six Take the Sensory Profile Quiz