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Parenting Decoded

Mary Eschen

75 episodes

3 weeks ago

How to Stop Nagging Your Kids (And Get Better Results) The Problem: You're repeating yourself constantly, and it's exhausting everyone. Nagging doesn't work, damages relationships, and prevents kids from developing independence. What You'll Learn: Why nagging fails and what it teaches your childrenHow to use natural consequences effectivelyThe power of saying things once (and meaning it)Creating routines that eliminate daily battlesTransferring ownership so kids manage their own responsibilit...

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How to Stop Nagging Your Kids (And Get Better Results) The Problem: You're repeating yourself constantly, and it's exhausting everyone. Nagging doesn't work, damages relationships, and prevents kids from developing independence. What You'll Learn: Why nagging fails and what it teaches your childrenHow to use natural consequences effectivelyThe power of saying things once (and meaning it)Creating routines that eliminate daily battlesTransferring ownership so kids manage their own responsibilit...

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Episodes (20/75)

Parenting Decoded

75 - How to Stop Nagging Your Kids (And Get Better Results)

How to Stop Nagging Your Kids (And Get Better Results) The Problem: You're repeating yourself constantly, and it's exhausting everyone. Nagging doesn't work, damages relationships, and prevents kids from developing independence. What You'll Learn: Why nagging fails and what it teaches your childrenHow to use natural consequences effectivelyThe power of saying things once (and meaning it)Creating routines that eliminate daily battlesTransferring ownership so kids manage their own responsibilit...

3 weeks ago

5 minutes

Parenting Decoded

74 – How I Stopped Being My Kids' Human ATM (And Started Teaching Money Skills)

Transform your back-to-school shopping from a budget-busting headache to an opportunity for teaching financial responsibility. I share how I went from spending $100 per child on school supplies to $50 while teaching my kids valuable money lessons in the process. • Set a firm budget before looking at supply lists and commit to not exceeding it • Give kids their budget in actual cash so they can physically see their spending limits • Let them keep whatever they don't spend as an incentive to m...

2 months ago

6 minutes

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73 - Navigating the Summer Screen Time Struggle

Summer break intensifies the screen time battle with teens and tweens, but shifting from screen time enforcer to screen time strategist can transform your approach and relationship with your kids. You should head over to the Screenagers website for the full blog post "Screen Time and Parental Controls: Simple Tips for a Smoother Summer." but I'm including a brief synopsis in this podcast to help entice you to do that. Key Steps for a Smooth Screen Summer: • Trust and verify instead of s...

4 months ago

3 minutes

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72 - Why Won't You Sleep: A Plan for Exhausted Parents of Nonstop Kids

Parenting Decoded welcomes McCall Gordon to tackle one of parenting’s toughest questions: Why won’t my kid sleep? Her book is aimed at parents of "livewires" — kids who are more alert, intense, and emotionally reactive than average, making traditional sleep advice ineffective. McCall explains that temperament plays a huge role in sleep struggles — some kids just have a harder time winding down. These children are perceptive, persistent, and often lack typical “sleepy cues” like yawning. Inste...

5 months ago

28 minutes

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71 - Chore Wars - Bedroom Edition: A Six-Step Strategy for a Tidy Room When Kids Resist

Tackling the age-old parenting challenge of getting kids to do their chores requires a systematic approach rather than nagging or giving up. We explore a six-step process focused on bedroom cleanup that can transform your family's approach to household responsibilities. • Breaking down "clean your room" into specific tasks like making the bed, putting clothes in hamper, and picking up toys • Creating separate lists for daily versus weekly tasks to make expectations more manageable • Letting ...

6 months ago

9 minutes

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70 - Empowering Parents: Preventing Childhood Sexual Abuse

In this episode, we tackle the important issue of childhood sexual abuse and how to help prevent it. By educating ourselves as parents, we can provide our children with the tools they need to protect themselves. • Discuss the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse statistics • Explore the need for children to know proper terminology for body parts • Encourage open lines of communication about consent and boundaries Let's work together to change statistics and protect our chi...

8 months ago

5 minutes

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69 - Parents: Don't Touch That Backpack!

Does your child have a problem with what's in their backpack? You know, those papers that are wrinkled at the bottom? Maybe a permission slip? Or possibly a banana? Or how about the things that are NOT in their backpack? Do they forget to put their homework in? Or maybe their lunch or water bottle? In this podcast take a new approach! We want it to be THEIR fault in their minds. It’s ok that there’s a problem, it’s just not ok ...

9 months ago

4 minutes

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68 - Halloween Candy: How to Set Limits and Give Good Choices

For some families having lots of Halloween candy floating around our homes causes stress and strain. In this podcast learn some tricks for treating your whole family to a more fun and happy experience as you learn to set limits and boundaries while giving lots of choices and, occassionally, letting your kids make poor decisions. Email me at mary@parentingdecoded.com or go to my website at www.parentingdecoded.com. Have a blessed rest of your day!

1 year ago

7 minutes

Parenting Decoded

67 - How to Create and Foster Secure Attachment With Your Kids

Hearing the phrase "secure attachment" makes us think of some academic thesis. BORING! Well, I want to help flip that idea in our minds to "CRUCIAL". Yes, having our kids see us as stable, reliable and empathetic beings in their lives is ESSENTIAL. In this podcast episode I talk to Eli Harwood, a therapist and "attachment nerd", as she calls herself on social media. We talk about how in her book, Raising Securely Attached Kids, you can learn to build ...

1 year ago

32 minutes

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66 - Young Kids (Toddler to Preschool) and Chores, Life Skills and Teaching Independence

How much can a 2-, 3- or 4-year-old do? What can they do? They’re so little, right? A toddler? A preschooler? What’s reasonable? What’s not? Are you doing too much as a parent? All good questions for sure that most of us struggle with! In this podcast we explore what’s reasonable to encourage and train young kids to do from chores to life skills that will build self-confidence and independence. Here's the list of ideas we...

1 year ago

12 minutes

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65 - How to Connect with Teens and Tweens and Stay Connected as a Parent

Getting teens and tweens to talk to parents is an age old battle the repeats itself over and over again with each new generation. Times change but our teens wanting independence from us doesn't. In this episode learn some tips and tricks for how to get our kids to relax and just enjoy being with us so that they'll open up and want to trust us. There is a list of activities and how to use them to break down the barriers and engage your teens and tweens that should lead to bui...

1 year ago

18 minutes

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64 - How to Connect With Young Kids and Stay Connected to Them

Kids of all ages need to feel connected and loved unconditionally. How can you set up a system in your family for creating and keeping those connections? In this podcast we go over connections for kids between 2 and 10. The next podcast covers what you can do for teens and tweens, a much harder demographic than younger kids who still think the world of you. In this episode we explore ideas on how to have regular "quick" connections on a daily or weekly basis while also...

1 year ago

9 minutes

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63 - Grumpy Kids: 4 Steps to Dealing with Emotional Kids

Grumpy kids can really put your home into a foul mood. What can we do to help tame these dark clouds and bring some sunshine back into our lives?In this episode we'll cover these four steps:Step 1 – Keep Your Cool Step 2 – Offer Empathy and Hugs Step 3 - Fix the Broken Connection Step 4 – Go on a Trigger Quest and Brainstorm The transcript for this episode is HEREHere are the resources mentioned in the podcast:Kings Corner Card Game YouTube Instruction Video Mood Met...

1 year ago

11 minutes

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62 - Rewards vs. Bribes: What Should Parents Use to Motivate Kids

Parents struggle with how to motivate their children toward certain behaviors. Typically rewards and bribes are used. In this episode learn about when bribes and rewards are most likely to motivate your child. There are pros and cons of both types of motivations. Bribes tend to reinforce negative behaviors, while rewards are commonly thought of as something that's planned ahead and well-thought-out, used for positive behaviors. However, sometimes our plans backfire!&nb...

1 year ago

10 minutes

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61 - Bullying - How Parents Can Help Kids Who Are Being Bullied

Kids being bullied isn't new. What's new is the extent at which they are being bullied and, with the internet, in new and harmful ways. In this episode, we'll cover the different types of bullying:Verbal - teasing, name-calling, taunting, etc.,Social - spreading rumors, leaving kids out, embarrassing them, etc.Physical - hitting, spitting, tripping, etc. Cyberbullying - using digital devices to cause others harmWhy does bullying occur?What can families do?How you can role-pla...

1 year ago

16 minutes

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60 - Anxious Kids and What Parents Can Do to Help: 4 Different Types of Anxiety

Do you have an anxious child? Does it worry you or drive you crazy? Either way you need to listen to this podcast!Learn about the 4 different types of anxiety, then the 4 parenting traps that we fall into when we attempt to "help" that wind up having negative impacts.Being over reassuringSwooping in/Jumping in too soonAllowing avoidanceBeing too tough or criticalIn this podcast, hear from Stephanie Pinto, founder of Let’s Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids and author of the best-...

2 years ago

39 minutes

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59 - Body Image and How Parents Can Help Kids Who Don't Fit Into Stereotypes

Today with the launch of the Barbie movie and so much emphasis on selfies and having perfect bodies, it's worth considering how we help out the millions of kids who aren't "perfect". In this episode I interview Pam Luk, Founder of Ember & Ace, a clothing brand for plus-sized kids. We talk about how to support our kids both socially and emotionally as well as how we as parents need to tamp down our own feelings about perfection that harm our kids in emotional ways that hurt mor...

2 years ago

18 minutes

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58 - Helping Neurodivergent Kids Socialize

What do you with kids who are wired differently? Who might be on the spectrum (ADHD, Asperger's, OCD, etc.)? Maybe they've had a diagnosis, maybe you just can see they are off the charts brilliant and some things but a total failure at socializing with kids their age. If you have such challenges with your kids, take a listen to Sam Young of Young Scholars Academy in this episode as he explains how his online community for neurodivergent and gifted children works. ...

2 years ago

30 minutes

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57- Kids Who Lose or Forget Stuff and How Parents Can Teach Responsibility in 2 Steps

Some kids seem to be born not caring where stuff is. They rely on us to find things and if we can't find them they blame US! Yikes! This episode gives you ideas about how to let go of the responsibility for items in our kids lives that should be THEIRS but seem to have become OURS. Learn how to keep a calm head as we turn over the job of owning "stuff" back to our kids in loving ways. Step 1: Turn off the "mom finder" that enables kids lack of responsibility ...

2 years ago

7 minutes

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56 - Separation Anxiety in Kids: Why and What Parents Can Do

Most parents seem to get hit with this at some point in our parenting journey. It can start at around 6-7 months and usually goes away gradually throughout early childhood. But… sometimes we’re just put to the test with separation issues and we wish someone would let us know what’s normal, what’s extreme and give us some ideas about what to do. In this podcast we have Jessica O’Connor, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist to help step us through ideas in dealing with sep...

2 years ago

30 minutes