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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Regardless of the path our children will choose in life, there are skills we can impart that will vastly contribute to their happiness and success in any and every area. Erin talks with Elizabeth West, about what these skills are and how we can begin to impart them from the earliest ages and continue to develop them throughout their childhood journey so they are ready to face the decisions and responsibilities of young adulthood in college, careers, and beyond.

Elizabeth is CEO of EWC Consulting, Elizabeth began her career as an Admissions Counselor at UNC Pembroke where she began to see students' stories, triumphs and struggles come to life. Throughout her 25 years in higher education, working with students and helping them become successful continues to be the greatest joy of her career.

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Screens should be part of our lives, not the center of our lives, and Ash helps caregivers navigate the world of tech using consistent, loving boundaries. Through the Instagram account, TheGamerEducator, Ash has helped tens of thousands of families make screen time beneficial for the whole family. As a public educator for over a decade, Ash saw the opportunity in making learning in their classroom more engaging by employing the positive strategies that many games do very well.

In this episode, Ash shares their amazing balanced approach to managing technology in the home with kids of all ages. The tips and ideas are new and fresh, and I know you will learn a lot!

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Dr. Cara Goodwin is a licensed clinical child psychologist, and parenting expert who has gained a large following (116K) on Instagram for her practical and research-backed advice as the "Parenting Translator."

In this episode, Dr. Cara breaks down the latest research on parenting and child development, specifically on engaging with your child using language that can help you better understand their behavior to improve your communication and connection.

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Family is what we make it. With so many different ideas and structures for family, planned or not, Julia shares with us how to embrace your idea of family, your values, your structure, your pivots, your unique children, and the unique ways you support and parent them through their childhood journey.

Julia is opening up an honest, funny, raw, and earnest conversation looking at what creating a family really means and how it might show up differently than expected. In this episode, Julia and I have an honest conversation about how we are each parenting differently than expected.

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Our children come into our world already connected to their authentic selves. We see early on their unique quirks and personality traits, and soon after hints of their gifts and talents. We, as their guidance through the development process are entrusted to help them learn the skills they need to let their unique selves shine through and develop those strengths and learn to manage and grow in areas where they struggle. I share a unique perspective in this episode on how to approach this momentous task.

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Digital media companies know a lot about human psychology and brain development and use it to their advantage, to gain and hold not just children's, but adult attention too.

Join Erin and Gaia for a stimulating discussion about how digital media uses our psychology to grab our attention and keep us coming back, for kids and adults alike.

Gaia Bernstein is a Law Professor, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology at the Seton Hall University School of Law. She writes teaches and lectures in the intersection of law, technology, health, and privacy. Her book: Unwired: Gaining Control Over Addictive Technologies shatters the illusion that we can control how much time we spend on our screens and shifts the responsibility for a solution from users to the technology industry, which designs its products to be addictive.

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As involved and caring parents we want to raise kids who are kind, respectful, and decent. If this is one of your goals as a parent, you will love today's guest, Colleen Doyle Bryant. Colleen is an expert on common decency and the author of five books and more than 50 learning resources about making good choices for the right reasons. Her Talking with Trees series for elementary students and Truth Be Told Quotes series for teens are used in curriculums around the world while parents and teachers download more than 100,000 of her learning resources on honesty, respect, and responsibility each year.

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The way we parent has a significant impact on how our children develop. But equally as important is their education and for me, the most challenging part of parenting has been finding the right educational fit for each of my children. Preschools offer a lot of great options. How do you know how to find the best fit for your individual child's strengths and personality? Formal education (5+) doesn't usually offer quite the same variety of opportunities, but school choice is becoming more prevalent. Creative parents who understand the system can find great options when their assigned neighborhood school is not a fit. In this second episode, I cover the concepts of learning styles and multiple intelligence theory so you can have a deeper understanding of how your child learns, where they naturally excel, and why this matters when finding the right fit, preschool through high school.

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The way we parent has a significant impact on how our children develop. But equally as important is their education and for me, the most challenging part of parenting has been finding the right educational fit for each of my children. Preschools offer a lot of great options. How do you know how to find the best fit for your individual child's strengths and personality? Formal education (5+) doesn't usually offer quite the same variety of opportunities, but school choice is becoming more prevalent. Creative parents who understand the system can find great options when their assigned neighborhood school is not a fit. In this first episode I share what ideal learning environments should offer and how to go about finding a good fit, preschool through high school.

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Healthy coping skills are the key to riding life's ups and downs, our resilience. Resilient people are happier, more self-confident, take more risks, and therefore achieve more goals. There are healthy (adaptive) and unhealthy (maladaptive) coping strategies. Most of us got unhealthy messages about how to cope when we struggled emotionally. Learn how to lead your children to healthy coping strategies they can adopt for life and which ones to avoid.

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Anxiety is on the rise among both youth and adults with a full 32% of teens struggling with some level of anxiety, 9% having an anxiety diagnosis, and 20% of adults having an anxiety-related diagnosis. What tools can we teach to our kids early and all the way through childhood to help them cope with life's uncertainty with more confidence and acceptance?

Kyle suffered from social anxiety as a teen but learned to overcome it and has gone on to become a mental health advocate, speaker, author, and social media influencer who is passionate about solving the problems associated with poor mental health in the world and the impact they have on our communities, especially teens and youth.

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Very few know how to give a healthy apology and yet it is such an essential skill in all our relationships. In this episode, Erin shares the 3 pieces to a proper apology and how to teach kids how to give proper apologies. Then Erin answers a question for a family who's really struggling with their preschooler listening and following directions and expectations. How do they fix the bad habits they've fallen into to get back on track with fewer power struggles and more peace and cooperation?

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So many things make sense in theory but when it comes time to implement, it's a whole different story and parenting is no different. How do we take the strategies from an idea to a real action plan that we can implement? In this episode, Erin gives a simple plan with the 3 best tools and how to implement them for getting started when changing to positive/conscious/gentle discipline.

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You may already be parenting using mindfulness techniques in ways you don't even realize! These simple yet effective tools can often get to the bottom of your child's emotional struggles quickly and effectively. Kelly Winkler is a certified yoga instructor, certified children's yoga instructor, certified teacher, and a mom of 4 who has been working with children and families for over 25 years. She teaches parents, teachers, and therapists how to bring yoga and mindfulness to themselves and their children. In today's episode, she shares some of her great tips and insights with us!

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The overall state of children's mental health has been on a drastic decline since even before the pandemic. From 2007 to 2017, pediatric suicide rates tripled. The good news is there is a lot parents can do to help children build and protect their mental health. Learn about the signs of deep depression, resources for suicide prevention and support for helping your child with depression to prevent suicide as a potential outcome

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The overall state of children's mental health has been on a drastic decline since even before the pandemic. From 2007 to 2017, pediatric suicide rates tripled. The good news is there is a lot parents can do to help children build and protect their mental health. Learn about all the ways you can help your children develop strong mental health strategies and protect their mental health in part 2 of this very important 3 part series.

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The overall state of children's mental health has been on a drastic decline since even before the pandemic. From 2007 to 2017, pediatric suicide rates tripled. The good news is there is a lot parents can do to help children build and protect their mental health. Learn about all the ways you can help your children develop strong mental health strategies and protect their mental health in this very important 3 part series.

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We work hard to guide our kids in developing a strong sense of self and solid self confidence. But the world is full of influences and messages that, as kids age, we will have less and less ability to control. So how can we help our kids navigate these and learn to protect their own positive sense of self? In this episode Erin talks with guest Melody Pourmoradi, who has made it her life's work to teach kids and parents the tools to build and maintain healthy self-esteem.

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Did you know there are fundamental outcomes for each stage/age to support your child's development of self-confidence? Self esteem is a fundamental component to life happiness and success. It helps us weather life's ups and downs with more ease and skill. This episode covers the critical components children develop at each age/stage of their childhood and how you can guide them at each of these stages.

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