The 3D Parent Podcast

“Parents, your job is not done yet. Your role has changed but it’s not done.” This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’m going to share my insight and top tips with you on how you can navigate the tween:teen transition within your child. This is a period of time where many parents can find themselves uncertain or unclear on how to approach the shifts happening in their children’s behavior. I want to...

“It's always worth involving kids in chores, even though they may not always be done to your ideal standards. Don't disinvolve your kids from pitching in with chores just because you know you could do it better.” This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’m going to delve into the topics of chores, jobs, and allowances within the household. I’m also going to share some tips on how to encourage your chi...

“There are low to no risk activities which could add up to a really great Halloween so that this year’s Halloween celebration is not full of scary disappointments, but more full of fun and celebration.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’m going to share with you the recommendations of things to avoid for this year’s Halloween due to the unfortunate pandemic and things you can still proc...

“Maturity also can't be hurried up nor is it guaranteed. Only growing older is guaranteed. And I think many of us could think about adults in our lives who are incredibly immature, who maybe are on a maturity level, not much beyond a five or six or seven years old. And it may be that they are not very developed when it comes to their integrative functioning, their mixing of conflicting feelings.”...

“Understand that the goal here is not to extinguish the flame of anxiety, but instead to lead your child through or around the fire. I'm going to end with this quote again by Dr. Deborah MacNamara: Fear is not a problem to get rid of. Rather, it is a way of moving us forward to caution, to tears or to courage.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, we will be delving into the concept of anxie...

“I’m feeling so much of my own frustration and frustration in the face of my children's frustration that I am not parenting within my own intention. I am not treating my children with a level of warmth and love and respect that is in line with my intention. And I need to check myself on that. I need to reach out for my own source of support and help.”    This week on the 3D Parent Podcas...

“The reality check is if your child is in a state of alarm, there’s no learning happening anyways.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I am going to share seven actionable steps that you can take right away so you can bring back control as a parent in navigating remote learning.   Some of the topics covered in this episode include: My personal experience and struggle with remote learn...

“ We as parents, as our children's first teachers, we're the ones that can do the work to plant those seeds of empathy for our own children.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I'm going to share some tips that you can implement in your own family to create an environment of empathy. I am also going to talk about things that might be getting in the way of your child's development of empath...

“Instead of banishing your child or sending them to time out, make space for your children and let them know that they're welcome to be in your presence no matter what version of themselves is there.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, we are going to discuss what kids don’t need from their parents. This is a different approach from what I usually do on my episodes but it is equally import...

“Bring that good attitude along so that you can have as much fun as possible on your RV travel vacation and try it. Your kids may be scared to jump in but it might just be one of the best trips your family has ever taken, just like it was for ours.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’m going to share some valuable RV travel survival tips for newbies which I have personally learned and ex...

“For me it was very important that children of color could see themselves blooming where they're planted and that your story doesn't take place necessarily in China or in India or in a country in Africa, that your story can take place here where you are and you belong here .”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I am chatting with guest Mijha Godrey, who is co-founder of Jambo Books. We’re h...

“Soon you'll find that raising a child with learning differences is a gift.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I am sharing my top tips on raising children with learning differences, based both upon my personal upbringing and my personal experience with my children.   Some of the topics covered in this episode include: How to detect the signs of your child having learning differences...

“The level of cooperation parents get from their children is usually equal to the level of connection. Children feel with their parents.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, we’ll share with you valuable insights on how to effectively parent a dominant “Alpha” child.   Some of the topics covered in this episode include: What is an alpha child and how to determine if your child is an al...

“Stop being a martyr. You deserve a break. You deserve a rest. You are not supposed to be selfless. You need to take care of yourself so that you can care for others.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I will be sharing my six mid-summer joy fixes to bring back the joy in your summer. I know that we can’t rely on the usual summer activities that we’ve had in the past like summer camps or...

“ You have to be intentional. We treat black people fairly. We treat Asian people fairly. We treat Hispanic people fairly because we are all human beings and we all have the same worth. ”   On this episode of the 3D Parent Podcast, we will be diving into the topic of race and parenting and specifically getting a black mother's perspective with our very special guest, Nishea Clark.  She i...

“Think of the discipline again as a word that is meant to be about leadership.  It requires us as parents to take responsibility for our children and be able to identify what's not working so that we can address it.”   On this episode of the 3D Parent Podcast, we will be diving into disciplining your children with dignity.  We will be reviewing the older, more popular ways to discip...

“You need to develop a sense of curiosity about your child, and you cannot get sucked up into the emotions of what’s going on.”   On this episode of the 3D Parent Podcast, I want to go deep in discussing deep connection with your children.  First we’ll look at a couple of studies regarding the different types of connection that can be used to classify young children.  Then we’ll dis...

“You need to develop a sense of curiosity about your child, and you cannot get sucked up into the emotions of what’s going on.”   This week on the podcast I will be talking about the 3D Parent approach and how you can start making that transition in your home today.  Now, this won’t be easy, especially if you are used to trying to control your child’s behaviors with rewards and punishmen...

“ This may have not been the summer you or your kids had envisioned for yourselves, but that does not mean it needs to be terrible. Make it a summer to remember for you and your family.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’m going to share some fun ideas for summer activities that you can enjoy with your kids even with the restrictions brought on by the pandemic. Plus, most of the ideas t...

“It's okay to make mistakes when you're advocating or speaking out. And not everyone’s going to welcome your participation. That's okay. That's the price we pay for our privilege. Just listen, learn and continue to do the best you can to make a positive difference.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I am going to share six actionable steps that you can take right away to address race, ide...

“ I want to invite you to see this as an opportunity to help your child develop a capacity to be resilient. If you get in the way, you might be keeping your child from being able to develop those skills. Handling disappointment and sadness is like a muscle that needs to be worked out. Your child needs to continue to work out this resiliency muscle.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, I’ll...

“Crying and tears helped both of us deal with what was such a difficult day and a difficult process. It was a perfect illustration of how tears can be so helpful when a child can access those emotions and is willing to cry when they cannot do anything different and they realize they have to face what is in front of them.”   This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, we will be talking about the conc...

"You do not need to see the invisible string. People who love each other are always connected by a very special string made of love. ‘But if you can't see it, how do you know it's there?’ your child may ask. Your response: ‘Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can feel it with your heart and know that you're always connected to everyone you love.’"   This week on the 3D Parent Pod...

“This information I'm going to share was inspired and informed through a few courses that I've taken over the last couple of years from the Gordon Neufeld Institute. One of the courses was, “Making Sense of Adolescence”  and another workshop that I took called , "The Counter Will Storm - Making Sense of Teen Resistance."    This week on the 3D Parent Podcast, we will be talking abou...

"Self-care, honestly, is not my strength. It is something that I am still actively working on. I'm still trying to take care of my mind, body, spirit, my heart. I am the type that tends to kind of overlook myself frequently, and it's something I'm working on because when I am taking care of myself, I'm at my best. When I am taking care of myself, I am parenting. I am working. I am expressing mysel...