Ep. 64 - How to Stop Yelling At Your Kids: Strategies to Model Respect & Build Cooperation with Celia Kibler

Moms, the childhood you create for your kids shapes who they become. It’s an enormous responsibility, right! It forces us to look at our own triggers and insecurities and do better.Our guest is Celia Kibler, a parenting expert and creator of the Be A Better Parent App. A mother of 5 kids in a blended family-and a grandmother to 9!-Celia has been supporting parents for more than 40 years. She grew up in a loving home where yelling was common and vowed to help other families break this generational cycle. As you’ll hear in the episode, her strategies are simple enough to try immediately, along with other advice she has gathered over a lifetime:*how to notice the good your child is doing-and make sure to tell them you notice!* why our goal should be for children to cooperate, not obey (and what the difference is)* how yelling at our children changes their relationship with themselves, not just us* the power that lies in modeling mutual respect between us and our children* how we teach integrity by inviting children to make decision along with us and then hold up their end of the bargainNow you can have access to Celia and her decades of professional experience 24/7!  Download the Be A Better Parent App and gain access to online resources, a private member community, and monthly live masterclasses.You can also learn more at BeABetterParent.com or in Instagram @beabetterparentdotcomFind us at www.thelocalmomsnetwork.comIG: @thelocalmomsnetworkEmail: demetra@thelocalmomsnetwork.comPodcast facilities provided by the Digital Factory of NBCUniversal at Stamford Studios.