Connected Parenting

Many children who “act out”, have difficult behaviours, and a strong counter will (gladiators, as I like to call them), have a story about themselves. “I’m the bad one in the family. I am the one who wrecks everything. I am a destructive force in my family’s world.”  That story can affect choices, behaviour, self-esteem, and emotional regulation. As parents, it is important to rewrite that story b...

In this episode, our 50th, Jennifer talks about the importance, the magic and the power of play.

In this episode, the roadmap of childhood continues through the tween, teen, and young adults years. Jennifer helps parents recognize normal and expected developmental stages, what to expect on this part of the parenting journey, how to enjoy your kids, and how to handle the inevitable bumps in the road.

In part one of this episode, Jennifer helps parents recognize what are normal and expected development stages, what to expect on this parenting journey, and how to handle the bumps in the road from ages 2 to 13.

In this episode, Jennifer explores what happens when one parent is too serious and the other is too playful...how to see each other’s strengths and work together instead of against each other.

In this episode, Jennifer tackles swearing; Why kids do it… How to understand it and how to redirect it.

In this episode, Jennifer talks about the importance of self-parenting and how to parent yourself from a place of kindness and compassion. As parents, we are the architects of our children’s brains, and our parents were the architects of ours. In truth, we are all walking around as adults with programming that was installed before we were seven years old. Self-compassion and loving self-parenting...

The pandemic is taking its toll on children’s mental health. Many kids are struggling and parents are struggling with knowing how to help them. In this episode, Jennifer gives parents some important tips on how to soothe and comfort your kids while building your emotional resilience during these trying times.

In this episode Jennifer shares practical tips that really work to help you teach your child to go from a worrier to a warrior.

In this episode Jennifer shares how to help your teens with heart break. It is so hard to watch your child suffer and at times it hurts us more than them, but there is much to learn as kids practice life and learn how to grow and thrive through whatever life throws at them. This episode will cover the what to do and what not to do to help your kids heal.

If 2020 taught us anything it’s that we have to help our kids deal with change and disappointment. In this episode Jennifer talks about how to help your kids manage big hurts and little hurts.  Listen to find out how to help your kids develop the emotional shock absorbers needed to handle anything.

Jennifer talks about the importance of learning to control our mental screens, what we think about and how to help our children master this important skill.

In this episode, Jennifer explores why couples work against each other, how to stop it, and how to harmonize.

In this episode, Jennifer discusses the difference between parenting 100% in the present and parenting only halfway, and how different parenting styles affect your kids.

In this episode, Jennifer talks about the downside of being nice and how being nice can be toxic. There is a big difference between being nice and being kind.  Discover the difference and learn why being kind is always the better choice.

In this episode, Jennifer discusses the art of being neutral, one of the most important pillars in the Connected Parenting method. Although it may  sound simple, it is often the hardest thing to do. People often have different ideas of what being neutral actually means. Jennifer discusses the nuances and delivers practical and meaningful strategies to help you stay neutral and stay calm.

Halloween can be such a fun time for kids...candy, costumes and decorations! However, for many of our kids Halloween can mean anxiety and behavioural issues! This can make it a scary time for parents! In this episode Jennifer shares how to combat the halloween fears and the bedtime scares, and keep you and your kids CALM this Halloween!

Halloween can be such a fun time for kids...candy, costumes and decorations! However, for many of our kids Halloween can mean anxiety and behavioural issues! This can make it a scary time for parents! In this episode Jennifer shares how to combat the halloween fears and the bedtime scares, and keep you and your kids CALM this Halloween!

Healthy shame vs. toxic shame and how to know the difference. In this episode, Jennifer will help you understand the difference between these two types of shame and she will show you how to help your children understand it too.

In this episode,  Jennifer talks about how important it is to let kids experience healthy adversity. Challenges, mistakes, and failures are critical to learning, good mental health, and emotional resilience. Learn how to help your children benefit from life’s contrasts and bumps and how to stay calm while you do.

In this Episode, Jennifer talks Back to School again, this time with special Guest Natalie Syrmopoulos from Evolving with Natalie. Jennifer and Natalie are both parents and they discuss the unique challenges that parents face this school year.

Anxiety is so miserable but it is also manageable. In this episode Jennifer shares essential tips for calming your own fear and anxiety as well as how to model this for your children. Learn how to control anxiety, so it doesn’t control you.

This year it's back to school like no other year! Jennifer helps you to navigate a start to school in unprecedented times.

Kids do better with strong loving fathers and when fathers use the Connected Parenting method it kicks it up a notch! This episode explores the unique dynamics of fatherhood and how to understand and work with the dynamics of both hard and soft parenting.

Take the fight out of food! In this episode Jennifer Helps  parents deal with picky eating and power struggles at the dinner table.