Honey You're Ruining Our Kid

Three great questions from three brave listeners this week and to start with a discussion about online safety. "Cilter" is a new technology that is being developed to ease every parents nightmares. Mobile phones seem to be an essential item our kids have to have, yet the minute they possess one we are putting them in danger. It’s a hard circle to square. We need safety systems to protect our kids....

The number one zero judgement parenting podcast is back with child behaviour specialist Tina Regan and comedian/parenting chancer Jarlath Regan. This week on the show…  Question 1: An overwhelmed mum gets in touch seeking help with her out of control 5 year old. What do you do when your older child is assaulting your younger child and you can’t get them to stop? Tina and Jarlath draw up a pla...

If you like your parenting chats to have zero judgement in them, you're in the right place. This week, child behaviourist and early learning expert Tina Regan deals with three questions from our listeners. Question 1- what can you do to motivate your child? How do you spark their interests in new activities or just normal day to day ones. Tina and Jarlath tease out this question and try and give t...

Tina needs all 20 years of her experience in child behaviour and teaching to find answers for this week's questions. Honey! You're Ruining Our Kid - the zero judgement parenting podcast - returns for another week of anonymously submitted questions from listeners across the world. Everyone thinks their kid is the only one with oddly specific difficult behaviours. You are never on your own. Question...

Are some little kids just trying to wind their parents up? Jar and Tina delve into this and three other great questions anonymously supplied by you, the listeners of Honey! You're Ruining Our Kid! (The zero judgement parenting podcast) Question 1: An uncle worried about how rude his brother's kids are. Can step in or has he any role in breaking this behaviour?   Question 2: What to do about T...

Anxiety in little kids can be sparked by almost anything including cracking an egg off their head for the sake of a TikTok video trend. Tina tries to help a Mom trying to get her child to understand that making mistakes is ok. There's a battle at bedtime in most houses at some point. Can Tina help a Mom who finds her child enjoying the game of going to bed way too much? Jar has a novel approach to...

What do you do if your kid won't let you leave their sight? What do you do if your kid is returning to wetting themselves after being successfully potty training years ago? What do you do if your kid isn't a fan of your partner and only wants to hang out with you? The good news is "Honey! You're Ruining Our Kid" the zero judgement parenting podcast is back. Tina bring here 20 years of experience i...

How the hell are we supposed to manage these little monsters/darlings for the next few weeks. Summer panic is upon us. Tina revisits the "tapas meal technique" that has changed countless listeners' lives and meal times. One mom gets in touch who is struggling to accommodate her child’s dinner requests. What do you do when they refuse to eat the requested dinner. We have to take the power back. All...

The school holidays are finally here and it's your job to entertain these little darlings 24/7! The panic is real. As are the emails that have been filling up Tina's inbox about what the hell to do when your circus comes to town and you're the chief plate spinner. As always there is 3 big questions on 3 thorny issues and a few big laughs thrown in. There's even a bit of RTE chat thrown in to help...

Today's episode begins with a warning to all men not to mess around with their house keeper. The cautionary tale of Arnold Schwarzenegger starts off this week's episode as Jar and Tina laugh about how parental fatigue gives you about 30 mins of tv before your involuntary coma begins! 3 great emails from 3 very brave people on the show this week. A stressed out dad gets in touch about trying to mot...

Getting to drop off is hard enough without your kid refusing to go into school! Jar and Tina get an email from a parent who finds herself in the worst drop off scenario. Tina has seen it all with her 20 years of experience in behaviour and early intervention but is there a silver bullet for the clinging behaviour or do we just have to grin and act like it's not happening? The teenage years just go...

You're not the only parent on the verge of losing it completely with your kids. How can you reach a kid that appears spoiled beyond repair? We hear from one mom who can’t handle her child's entitled behaviour anymore. Tina has some tactics to help those of us that are trying to ignore the most disrespectful little darlings. How do you get the respect back to where it should be fast. Is Dad the goo...

Turty Tree is one of our trickiest episodes yet and not just because Tina can’t pronounce the number due to her sensual Meath brogue. Three superb emails from three parents coping with very different situations. Thankfully, there's hope to be found in all of them. How can you implement a behavioural consequence when you don’t feel like you have any leverage? To ensure the child will care about the...

Temper tantrums, clingy kids and toilet dodgers it’s all going down on this week's episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid. What do you do when your child seems able to behave himself everywhere but at home? Many children save the emotional and often times destructive behaviour for the safety of their own houses. Street angel, house devil is a common phrase for a reason. Seeing your kid so angry t...

Willy obsession starts early! Tina gets an email from a mother of a kid who won't stop drawing dongs! If your child likes to draw them should you be worried or is it just a bit of harmless silliness that he will grow out of in his late 50s. When does artistic expression veer into unhealthy fascination? There's no taking the mickey with this question but plenty of laughs to be found in Tina and Jar...

Brothers and sisters can't get along all the time but what do you do when you have twin toddlers who are unwaveringly supportive of each other's terrible behaviour! This week Tina helps a mom who has two four year old runners! With her stress levels through the roof, she gets the concrete advice she needs to stop this behaviour once and for all. Can you stop a tantrum throwing child or do they "ju...

Tina reveals that she has been reading Jarlath's diary and tries to explain her top tips for toilet training. What do you do with a sleepwalking child? Any kind of interruption to your child’s sleep is a worry. Throw in some sleep walking and now the whole family is afraid to sleep. How do you help your child through this problem while keeping them safe and saving your sanity? Are we keeping enoug...

Night time toilet training is hard, throw in twin boys and suddenly it becomes a million times harder. This week Tina & Jarlath try to help a mom who has already tried everything and nothing has worked. Is there another eternal factor causing this little dude to wet the bed? Is there an anxiety issue? Or something else that lies beneath. Tina thinks everyone should be comfortable talking about per...

We are back after the Easter holidays with three big questions about three situations every parent can relate to. When toilet training didn't work the first time Tina has two strategies to help any parent get that fresh start needed to get it right. Our third question relates to the nightmare of bullying that extends outside of school. What should you do when you realise a previously resolved bull...

Let’s talk about sex baby! Tina and Jarlath chat about the "We Consent" campaign that they helped to launch this week. They are both on a mission to help parents get conversations going that on the surface appear to be difficult. So rather than one big chat, they argue for a series of on-going small chats where nothing off limits. Is your teenager out of control? Do you feel like you don’t underst...

(Trigger Warning - The third and final question on today’s episode relates to the issue of suicide and how to speak to our children about the subject.) Question 1: No Dramas Stage fright is no fun at any point but when you’re five it’s a hard feeling to understand and push through. How do you arm your child with the confidence they need to be able to enjoy performing again. Question 2: Motivation...

If you've ever felt sleep deprived and narky Tina and Jarlath are right there with you this week. A week of vomiting bugs, sinus infections, sleep deprivation and flight delays, beat them down this week. But Honey, You’re Ruining Our kid must go on because parenting never stops! Question 1: It’s hard to raise a gracious winner, realising your child is a sore loser can be a hard pill to swallow. Is...

Trying to raise your kids not to be gobshites is flipping hard. Thankfully we have our in-house expert, Tina, on hand to answer some of the toughest parenting situations imaginable. With more than 20 years of experience in the business of child behaviour, her advice has helped so many people to find the joy in having kids again. We also hear back from a mother who applied a "Tina strategy" and had...

Messy kids, anxious kids and kids that won't sleep in their own bed! This week we go around the world answering emails from people peppered all over the globe. Do you adore your children? Of course we all do - most of the time. But is there something that they are doing that is driving you around the twist. This week Tina helps a lovely mum organise her kids' messy habits. Children flipping love r...

The triple whammy this week - refusal, breastfeeding and bedwetting. Midterm is over but before the reality of school lunches and school runs kicks in, join us for this fun chat about some very serious problems and Jarlath getting it all wrong again on Valentine's Day! Episode 21 of Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid is a belter. On this week's episode we deal with perhaps the cutest (while head melting...