Calm Parenting Podcast

How to Enjoy Your Challenging Child Kirk shares an emotional story about the exact moment he began to accept his strong-willed, difficult son. Learn three very powerful ways to rebuild your relationship, motivate your child, and enjoy him again. A must listen. You’ve wanted an Instruction Manual for this child. Now you can get one, at the lowest price ever, at www. CelebrateCalm.com/NOBS . Need he...

Defiance: 3 Scripts with Your Kids How do you respond when your kids use that tone with you? How about when they talk back, mouth off, or roll their eyes at you? Kirk gives you actual scripts to use plus he shares a funny response to throw your kids off. Take advantage of early access to our Christmas Sale to get dozens of scripts like this for every situation at https://www. CelebrateCalm.com/Chr...

Strong-Willed Child Pushing Your Buttons?  When your child pushes your buttons, you have an amazing opportunity to stop the power struggles. Forever. Learn how to identify and overcome your triggers. This will change you and your kids for generations.  GET THE BAG at https://www.celebratecalm.com/stop-yelling/ and go through the 30 Days to Calm program to identify your triggers and stop the power...

Do THIS to Get Your Kid to Change: What Your Kids Wish They Could Tell You Have you stopped enjoying your child because you are too busy trying to get him to change his behavior, study habits, and attitude? Kirk shows you how to get your kids to be responsible for themselves—but it’s different than the way you’ve been doing it! Kirk gives you powerful insight into what your kids are feeling and wi...

No More Behavior Charts! Turning Negative Behavior Positive.  How do you address real behavior issues without resorting to negative methods that don’t work and make things worse? Aren’t you letting kids “get away with” misbehavior? No! Why is it damaging when Dads demand their kids look them in the eyes? Kirk provides concrete answers for kids who fidget, have sensory issues, talk constantly, and...

Motivating A Kid Who Gives Up or Has Shut Down You have a child who gives up when things get hard or who has already shut down. He just won’t push through in school, sports, or music. So how do you motivate a child like this without crushing his spirit or causing her to become defiant? If you don’t do this right, there are dire consequences. Seriously dire. And perhaps that’s why Kirk got so emoti...

The Key to Compliance: Being Tough While Building Trust You want your child to listen to you and do what you say. But how do you change behavior when a teen won't listen, a child calls you a b****, and a kid gets in trouble in class? How can you declare martial law and be tough while building trust? Kirk shares tons of strategies and insights to calm kids and get compliance. Get 3 FREE Programs th...

Motivating Kids with Bad Attitudes You have a child with a bad attitude toward homework, chores or anything you want him to do. So how do you motivate this child, change the attitude, and connect? Kirk shares some unorthodox, but killer creative ways to do this. Who knew picking weeds and milking cows could lead to success?!  Want to rebuild your relationship with your strong-willed child? Kirk gi...

Child Forget to Turn in Homework? Help with Focus. In this surprisingly emotional and hard-hitting podcast, Kirk shows you clearly how to turn a negative that usually brings conflict and frustration into a positive that builds your child’s confidence.  Want this insight in your school or church? Take one simple step. Email Casey@CelebrateCalm.com with the word REPTILES in the subject line. Tell us...

“I’m Not Going!” Child Challenging Your Authority? Your child is refusing to go. You threaten, demand, and plead. Your child digs in and calls you names. So how do you handle a child challenging your authority? How can you instantly change this situation from a power struggle into a bonding opportunity while getting your child to do what you want? Kirk shows you exactly how in this powerful podcas...

Confrontation with Long Island Mom--Can You Change My Child Quickly? So this Long Island Mom approaches me after a live event and says, "We don't have time for all this stuff. How can you change my kids more quickly?" We fought a little and then I showed her 5 ways she could change morning routine, homework battles, school performance, meltdowns, and a bad attitude overnight. For more ways to chan...

How To Be Tough & Stop Escalating Tension is rising as the new school year begins. So how can you be tough with your kids so they listen, without escalating situations? What is one secret to making this coming school year different? It may be entirely different than you thought. 16 minutes of practical, hard-hitting insights. Want to learn how to be tough and not lecture? Visit https://www.cel...

You're a busy guy with lots of pressure at work and the last thing you want to come home to is a challenging child. But that's your life. You are indescribably important and irreplaceable at home. Your wife has been asking you to change and you've resisted. You're on the path to losing your kid, your wife, and half your income. Take literally 6:54 and get 5 quick tips that may just change your fam...

This Makes Anxiety Worse: A New Script for Anxiety How do you help your kids with anxiety, get kids to listen after they have misbehaved, and get hubby on board? I give you an actual script to use when kids struggle with anxiety. It’s a very different approach and very practical. Warning and apology: I was pretty wired and blunt in this podcast. I didn’t mean to be offensive—I just want certain th...

“5 More Minutes, Mom!” Getting Resistant Kids to Move This is a killer podcast, so don’t miss it! Your child dawdles, ignores you, or simply refuses to do what you say. Kirk shows you a tough way to handle this, and an even better way that will change your child’s attitude entirely. You CAN turn the worst power struggles into bonding opportunities. This will help you save countless fights througho...

What are appropriate consequences for your child? How can you teach your child to change himself instead of shaming him? How can we get kids to stop lying and stealing? THIS approach with actually change your child's behavior. A top 10 favorite of Kirk’s. Want to teach your child to control himself? Then get the new No B.S. Program or attend our two new Parent BootCamps in D.C. and Dallas. Learn m...

Dads: 3 Ways to Get Kids to Respect & Listen to You We want our kids to respect us so we can pass our wisdom down to them, so they don’t make the same mistakes, so they will be successful. But our kids are frustrating and many of us didn't have a good role model as a father. So how can you change your relationship with a strong-willed child so that they trust and listen to you? Kirk gives you...

Finish School Strong: 5 Tips It’s been a long year and everyone is frustrated. Instead of spending all our energy trying to fix a child’s weaknesses, take these 5 simple steps to end the year building your child’s confidence. I want your child going into the next year feeling confident and hopeful. Get a FREE PARENT WORKSHOP for a limited time when you let us train your teachers. Email Casey@Celeb...

Mommy Lectures Don't Work. This does. You want your kids to listen to you. They don’t. You want your kids to respect you. They don’t. That sweet voice that turns into yelling never works. Instead of trying to convince and explain and plead with your kids, Kirk shows you how to be the confident, authoritative leader your kids need. Kirk addresses food/nutrition, lying, meltdowns, and sibling fights...

Moms deserve much more than this. So how can you get your kids (and spouse) to respect you and your time 365 days of the year? Listen as Kirk gives you a specific script and practical action steps. No more walking on eggshells, no more exhaustion or pleading. Moms, you need to treat YOURSELF the way you want others to treat you. Tired of feeling at your wits' end? Then take advantage of our extra...

Really want to stop the power struggles with your kids? Kirk has a challenge: for the next 3 days, control your own anxiety over your child’s behavior and watch what happens. Lecturing kids tells them, “You aren’t capable of being successful without me.” When you get on your kids about every little thing, they don’t thank you for being so conscientious! They fight you. When you react to them pushi...

Do you agree or disagree with Kirk’s shocking advice for handling a child who yells at his Mom and defies her authority? Learn why some kids shut down and aren’t motivated. What do you do when one child takes all of your energy and attention? How do you help kids who give up when work becomes difficult? This is a fantastic podcast so don’t miss this one. Learn how to get your kids to push through...

Child Pushing Your Buttons? Good! Here’s How to Stop It. Ever wonder why your child gets so much satisfaction from pushing your buttons and arguing with you? You thought he was just being difficult. But when you realize WHY and what purpose it serves, you can use this to actually problem solve. Listen to this insightful podcast and visit www. CelebrateCalm.com/NOBS to learn how to save your relati...

2 Key Phrases When Kids Shut Down (For Teachers & Parents) Frustrated because consequences don’t motivate your students or kids? Then listen to this podcast and learn two killer phrases that WILL reach deep down into a kid’s heart and change his attitude. Build your child’s confidence instead of crushing his spirt. Yesterday, Kirk challenged 600 teachers in NJ to try a radically different appr...

Struggling, Unmotivated Kids: 2 Ways to Help Okay, so this podcast is only for the courageous parent who wants to completely transform their relationship with a strong-willed child. Kirk gives you two scripts to use that he normally only reveals during the Parent BootCamp. We think you’ll cry when you realize how deep and affirming these statements are, and how misunderstood your kids are. Learn m...