Who knew parenting would be so difficult? Right? Maybe you thought it would come more naturally, or maybe it was easier, except for that one kid that seems to push all your buttons. Are you at a loss for how to deal with everything from tantrums to managing that snarky back chat or simply just don’t want to feel like you're failing as a parent? Do you worry about doing things right, or finding the right help for your child? Are you tired of the daily battles, fighting, and chaos in your home? If you are facing challenges as a...
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22 min
What’s Keeping Parents up at Night: Trending Issues and Essential Skills You Need
This podcast includes worries that parents have across the nation and the critical skills needed to raise kids who are healthy and confident: --Parents who are confident in themsel…
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35 min
Discover the Keys to Helping Kids Today: A Conversation with Dr. Alden and Dr. Samantha Schindelheim
Dr. Alden and Dr. Schindelheim talk about the value of working with parents, the need to help parents create structure, and the importance of the parent-child interaction. Dr. Schi…
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19 min
Making Parenting Changes Is Hard. Now What?
This podcast includes ways to think differently when parenting feels hard: Try this written exercise to think differently about your family. We need to move out of the dysfunctiona…
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20 min
Make a Change Today if Counseling Isn’t Working for Your Child
This video about whether counseling is effective or if you need another approach includes: Counseling is a child-centered approach. Coaching is a parent-centered approach. Which do…
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19 min
Start Today: Build Stronger Family Bonds with These Proven Tips!
To learn more about building stronger family bonds when parenting differently-wired kids, please visit our YouTube channel. This video about building stronger family bonds through…
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25 min
Start Being Happier Today When Parenting Feels Hard
To learn more about reducing your stress and being a happier parent when parenting challenging kids, please visit our YouTube channel. This video about being happier covers the fol…
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26 min
If You're Mad Because Your Child is Lying, Listen Now!
When you are parenting a neurotypical child, lying can look like all kinds of craziness and feel manipulative. What if you came around lying in a different way? Dr. Alden presents…
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16 min
When Should You Reach Out for Help With a Difficult Child
Lots of parents we work with wish they would have gotten help sooner. Dr. Alden talks about various circumstances that warrant you reaching out for coaching sooner rather than late…
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18 min
We Must Make This Parenting Mindset Shift
As parents, we want certain behaviors to stop. However, for a more positive response to our child’s challenging behavior, we need to choose to see through the emotions to get back…
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23 min
How to Get Your Child To Do What You Say
How to be an intentional parent to get your child to do what you tell them to do or to listen to what you’re saying. Dr. Alden also talks about the difference between teaching and…
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18 min
How to Help Your Neurodivergent Child Manage Big Feelings
We need to be aware of their inner struggles when showing big emotions, but more than that, as parents we need to provide the outer controls. We are their guide and must help them…
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18 min
Learning Respect from Young Sheldon with Neurodiverse Kids
Social language—how people talk to each other—needs to be taught. It doesn’t matter how smart your child is if they don’t know how to treat people in the home or community. We must…
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18 min
Family Fun Ideas for Connecting
Trauma, divorce, death, or neurodivergence can destroy connectedness. Regardless of your parenting challenges, we can get fun back into our families. Here is how you start and lots…
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20 min
Parenting Hope for Your Challenging Situation: Take Back Your Life!
A lot of parents feel like they have no control over what happens in their home, especially if there’s been trauma, divorce, adoption, etc. and it often feels like, “This is the wa…
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15 min
Is your Child Pushing Your Buttons? 3 Parenting Tips to Stay Engaged
Does your child love to argue with you? How to respond instead of reacting by building a “fence”. How to let go of the minor irritations to stay out of power struggles–because WE l…
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17 min
How to Stop the Arguing with your ADHD and Neurodivergent Child
How not to give into an argument when you have con-compliant kids who push and push for what they want. Does it feel like you make a plan and they try hard to derail it? Dr. Alden…
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23 min
Transitioning Your Neurodivergent Child into Adulthood
For your child who is in the late teens and is neurodivergent, has ADHD, mental health, emotional or behavioral problems or some developmental delays. Start the conversation early.…
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23 min
What if My Child Won't Go to School--Create the Family You Want
You have permission to create the family you want. You can set expectations, limits, and say "no". Social skills are important because they change the brain. What to do when your c…
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20 min
Connecting with Disconnected Kids
Communication is the key to helping disconnected kids re-connect. Kids want to know there is someone that will be there to listen to their concerns, trials, and triumphs. Through o…
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20 min
Raising Respectful Children Through Thoughtful Guidance
Children learn best when they are guided and shown how to do something. And it is up to us as parents to guide them. We must lead by patiently modeling thoughtful behavior – helpin…