It's heartbreaking as a parent when you hear your child say kids are being mean at school or that they have no friends. A mom wrote in for guidance on how to help her 5-year-old daughter navigate these tricky waters of social connections at school. Erin covers 3 key areas where parents can coach and prepare kids, and when and how to step in to improve your child's social experiences at school, along with some really important information about social development that can help parents help their kids.

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Erin gives guidance along with some very specific tips to a mom struggling with her 8-year-old's rude and disrespectful behavior. Fixing our patterns of relating can be challenging, but these tips give clear direction and insight into how to tackle this common problem.

Also, there are some big, exciting changes in the pipeline that Erin can't wait to reveal! Follow on Instagram at yourvillageonline or on Facebook at /YourVillageInc to get updates on everything that's coming up!

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Kids don't need perfect parents. We all make mistakes. We will all act before we think sometimes. It's OK. I messed up this week. I didn't show up as the best version of myself for my daughter when she was looking to me for support. It's a perfect example of how we are all human and have human moments. I share this experience with you and how I re-connected with her after I realized my mistake. Kids don't need perfect parents but they learn so much from how we handle being human.

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We wish we could help our children make better decisions, or even make them for them sometimes! Where do we have control in parenting and where don't we? How can influence our children's decisions in areas where we don't have the control over those decisions? Tune in to find out!

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At some point, our children will encounter adult authority figures whose way of teaching, guiding, and interacting is more harmful than helpful, How do we know when the way that someone regularly interacts with our child is potentially harmful to their self-esteem, mindset, and/or mental well-being? When is it just constructive criticism and guidance versus language that is potentially detrimental? In this episode, I cover 3 main guidelines to know when it's a good idea to step in and either limit or eliminate interactions between an authority figure and your child.

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It seems like another approach to parenting gets introduced every year! How can we keep them all straight? How do we know which one/ones or mix is best for our family? The approach of conscious parenting has been around for almost 15 years but has grown in popularity over that time. What is it exactly? Is it different from any of the other approaches? In this episode, I cover the basic ideals behind conscious parenting, the positive attributes this perspective can bring to your family, and some pitfalls to be aware.

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A disrespectful exchange from your child can often spiral to a battle of wills and a cycle of setting a respectful boundary vs. even bigger attitude from the youngster! How do break this? In this episode, I cover 5 simple strategies you can use to break this cycle of disrespect.

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Competition is a part of everyday life, whether we like it or not. How do we foster a healthy sense of competition, help our kids see and understand where they excel and don't, and how to have a healthy approach and attitude towards self-improvement no matter where they fall? This episode covers all of this and the natural development of competition by age.

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Life is messy. As we deal with life, our minds are often messy too. How do we teach our children the tools to deal with the messiness of life? Dr. Caroline Leaf explains why just helping kids learn to connect with feelings isn't enough and introduces us to the 5 steps we can use and teach our kids when life presents us with difficult situations.

Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist, audiologist, and clinical and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in psychneurobiology and metacognitive neuropsychology. Her passion is to help people see the power of the mind to change the brain, control chaotic thinking, and find mental peace. Since the early 1980s, Dr. Leaf has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. As a highly sought-after expert on mental health, she is the host of the top-rated podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mess. Dr. Leaf is also the author of several bestselling books, including Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess among others.

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Whether your kids are starting school for the first time or going back to school after a summer break, get tips for success in this episode. The transition to starting school or starting back after a break can present challenges, from separation anxiety (yes even in kids past preschool!) To other adjustment difficulties. This episode is chock full of tips on how to circumvent these preventable and fixable struggles.

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When we have Impulse control skills, we stop, consider and make better choices. There are many fun ways to help kids of all ages learn to practice impulse control. In this episode, learn 4 ways you can help your kids learn and practice these skills in engaging ways.

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Erin helps overwhelmed parents get a handle on positive discipline with step-by-step tips. She covers where to start to see the most progress quickly and which tools to cover next to keep it simple and effective. She also covers some tips on teaching heart felt apologies.

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We used to take a pretty hard stance on digital technology in the lives of children, especially young children. Dr. Katie Davis, Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) and Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab, has been researching and speaking about the impact of digital technologies on young people’s learning, development, and well-being for 20 years and shares with us what research really shows about how we can best guide our children's use of technology by age.

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Sarah shares with us some of the most simple and beautiful ways to stay grounded, connect with our kids and be kind to ourselves during the parenting journey.

In this episode, Sarah and Erin have a deep and meaningful conversation around the everyday struggles we face as parents.

Sarah Ezrin is a world-renowned yoga educator, content creator, and mama based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of The Yoga of Parenting. Sarah loves guiding people along their wellness and parenthood journeys. Her words, classes, and social media are supportive, healing spaces where people can feel seen and heard. You can follow Sarah on Instagram @sarahezrinyoga and find her book, The Yoga of Parenting: Ten Yoga Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect with Your Kids and Be Kind to Yourself on Amazon

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Medical Trauma is real and often starts during toddler years. Learn about the latest research and easy tips to remove pain and fear around needle anxiety so your child can have a healthy relationship with their healthcare for life. This is a must-listen episode with Dr. Jody Thomas, Executive Director of the Meg Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering kids and families to prevent and relieve pain. She and her team are dedicated to creating mass access to the best resources, tools, and information.

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Parenting is full of ups and downs, heartbreaks and triumphs. Many of these experiences are universal for parents. In this episode, I share the heartbreaks and triumphs and what I've learned about them in my journey so far. Because I know they are common to so many parents from the emails and questions I receive almost daily.

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In today's episode, Erin and Talia discuss the power of play and its critical role in child development along with some great strategies to increase play for ALL children!

Talia, known for her solution-focused approach and practical strategies, is an ambassador for The Genius of Play - a national movement spearheaded by The Toy Association to raise awareness about play’s critical role in child development and encourage more play in children’s lives. Visit www.thegeniusofplay.org for play ideas, expert advice and more play-inspired resources for families and educators.Talia is also a contributing mental health expert for numerous media outlets including CNN and CBS, an 8-time winner of NJ Family Magazine's Top Docs Awards, and a certified holistic health coach and personal trainer. Talia can be found on Instagram at @taliastarr_therapy

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Yes, Cam's last name really is Awesome and he's got a great story about how that came to be. But that's just the beginning of this entertaining, deep, and educational discussion with Cam, "The Motivational Comic" former Olympic Heavyweight, Multi-time National Champion boxer with over 400 wins under his belt, and now turned motivational speaker for schools across the country. Cam shares his wisdom and his journey with kids every day and now with us on why resilience is so important for success and how we can help our kids cultivate this trait and see our progress as winning even if it didn't take us where we initially intended.

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Sleep is such an important part of our health for children and adults alike. Sleep is a time for children to develop physically, neurologically, and cognitively, to grow, repair and integrate. For adults, we also need sleep to rejuvenate, repair, and even problem-solve our waking issues. How can we ensure we are setting up good habits for our kids and also for ourselves to support everyone's waking potential? What if we or our kids aren't good sleepers? Is there a way to fix this? Terry Cralle, MS, RN, CPHQ, specializes in sleep health and wellness. She is a national speaker, educator, and author on sleep, Terry is the co-founder of a four-bed sleep disorders clinic and has served as a consultant to a variety of industries and organizations on the topic of sleep health. Her work in the field of sleep medicine has included clinical research in insomnia as well as advocating for educational initiatives such as drowsy-driving prevention. As a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on the topic of sleep for schools, universities, sleep clinics, U.S. corporations, and employee wellness companies, Terry educates a wide variety of audiences on the critical importance of sleep to physical and psychological health, growth, and development, safety, optimum functioning, productivity, peak performance, and quality of life.

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Whether it's in our parenting approach that fixes power struggles, picky eating, respectful discipline exchanges, or any other area of your life, making changes that last is hard. We must stick with something long enough to see changes and make it our new habit. Things in our environment and our approach often sabotage our efforts at true lasting change. Remove these, and our rates of success vastly improve. In this episode I discuss what science has found about how to set ourselves up for success when it comes to sticking with the process long enough to create lasting change in our behavior that leads to success in reaching our goals.

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