Calm Parenting Podcast

Why Your Kids Melt Down & Shut Down. Do you know exactly WHY your kids struggle with anxiety focus, social skills, organization, procrastination, sensory issues, and transitions? You must, must, must experience the world from their perspective to understand exactly WHAT TO DO to help them. Very emotional and practical podcast. Take advantage of Kirk's Birthday Sale THIS WEEK ONLY. https://www....

How To Get Kids to Be Responsible For Their Choices Have you ever said inside, “I feel disrespected because my child won’t just accept my answer?” Kirk shows you how to get your kids to be responsible for their choices, but that also means you have to stop doing it for them. This is foundational if you want a strong-willed child to be successful. Very insightful, challenging, and helpful. Let your...

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Obeying with Video Games, Homework & Chores How do you get your kids to do their chores and homework, get off video games, and listen to you the first time without yelling, begging, or threatening? How can you teach them impulse control? Kirk gives you specific actions steps and scripts. Want to get your kids to listen the first time, stop the meltdowns, control themselves and control yourself...

Podcast for Kids: 3 Ways to Help Overcome Anxiety Kirk's son, Casey, wrestles the microphone away from his father to share how he learned to deal with his anxiety. "Anxiety is normal and there's nothing wrong with you," Casey reassures your kids. He then provides three concrete ways to help kids enjoy new experiences and social situations. Questions for Casey? Email Casey@CelebrateCalm.com  Learn...

Stop Tantrums & The Relentless Arguer You’ve got a little one who throws tantrums daily and/or a child who argues relentlessly. Like having a cop, attorney, and judge all wrapped into one. So how do you stop the tantrums and that relentless arguing while teaching the child to control himself? Lots of good insights for kids of all ages. Click here to take advantage of this week's special! Email...

Explosive Meltdowns, Anxiety, Sensory Kids Who Get Physical You have a child who gets extremely upset, sometimes destructive or even physical with siblings. Is it anxiety, sensory issues, or some other root? How do you lead this explosive child to calm? Lots of good insight for anxiety, sensory issues, and deepening your relationship while calming your kids. Take advantage of our "Get Everything"...

Big Changes Now. Your child doesn’t want to wear his jacket or do homework. Your toddler just pushed down another kids’ tower of blocks at pre-school. When will your teenager finally “get it” and change so he doesn’t cause so much drama? Kirk shows you exactly how to change these situations and more. Right now. Click here to Change Your Home Overnight and take advantage of our Big Changes Sale.  L...

“I’m Not Trying to Be A Jerk!” I know that you may have a child or spouse who acts like a jerk. (And they may feel that same way about you!). But my gut tells me that most of the time they don’t intend to. So here’s how you can work through that to heal your relationships. Go to www. CelebrateCalm.com/valentines-day/ for a special $99 price (regularly $497) on our Calm Couples program. Learn more...

Want to get your kids to listen and control themselves? Then model that for them. Kirk shares some unexpected insights and shows you how to deal with your child’s and spouse’s emotions in a mature way. Extra helpful for men! Follow this advice and you’ll have better kids and a better connection. Go to www. CelebrateCalm.com/valentines-day/ for a special $99 price (regularly $497) on our Calm Coupl...

Being Tough With Toddlers to Teens How can you be firm with kids from toddlers to teens without giving in, letting them get away with things, or yelling and threatening consequences? Listen at about 30 minutes in as Kirk shares an extremely emotional and profound story about his son, Casey. This could change the way you get respect from your child. Come to 10 FREE EVENTS in Nashville, Kansas City,...

Child Messing Up Your Agenda? You are a conscientious parent with an agenda—to raise your child to be a responsible, respectful adult. You’ve read all the books and done the right thing. You may have other kids who are easy. But this strong-willed child is upending your home and destroying your agenda. So what do you do now? Listen and discover how you can enjoy and motivate this child. Want to ta...

Why Kirk Struggled—Some Deeply Personal Insights to Help You in 2020 NEW PODCAST Why Kirk Struggled—Some Deeply Personal Insights to Help You in 2020 Kirk shares deeply personal reasons he struggled as a husband and father. It will help give you hope to change in 2020. As always, Kirk provides scripts that will change your kids now and for generations to come. BOOK KIRK . Changes happen at our liv...

5 Quick Holiday/Family Survival Strategies Unstructured time, holiday pressure, and time with lots of family around can create mayhem. You don’t want to spend your Christmas break yelling at your kids, apologizing for their behavior, or feeling like you have to make everyone happy. Kirk shares 5 quick strategies to set your family up for success. Take advantage of our Christmas Sale at https://www...

Obedience, Authority & Defiance You want your kids to listen to you and do what you say. Kirk got pretty upset discussing a different way to look at obedience, authority, and defiance. What do you really want? Do you want your kids to listen because “you said so” or because they trust you? This is powerful and important.  Need a last minute Christmas gift? Give the gift of CALM to your family...

Bedtime, Dinnertime & Morning Routine: 5 Ways to Stop the Stress You have power struggles from the time your kids wake up until they (finally) go to bed. Kirk provides very practical, but unique, ways to eliminate the stress so you can enjoy your kids again. We have a massive Christmas Sale at www. CelebrateCalm.com to help you be the parent your kids need you to be. Start 2020 calm and confid...

Stop Sibling Fights & Lying, and Build A Confident Kid  Learn how to get your kids to control themselves so you don’t have to be the referee. Building confidence will eliminate more behavior issues than consequences will. There are some surprising insights here to repair relationships.  We have a massive Christmas Sale at www. CelebrateCalm.com to help you be the parent your kids need you to b...

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...