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In this episode I share a story from my family of origin and how I discovered a clear and potential pattern in my own parenting. I share how easy it would be for this pattern to be how I engaged my own strong-willed kid and how easy it is to fall into this trap. I also walk you through how we can change the pattern and empower ourselves to a deeper understanding of self, as well as learning how to own our responses vs. making it anyone else's job (including our kids) to solve, in order for us to feel better. 🎉REWIRE with ResponseABLE Parenting🎉 Put an end to the exhausting patterns you find…
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ResponseABLE Parenting
Becky Jennings · Kids & Family · English
We come to parenting with all the patterns we learned in our own childhood. Together in this podcast, we uncover the roots of our reactivity and grow in education, capacity, awareness, and skills so we will be able to respond vs. react to our strong-willed children. The beauty of this process is as
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