Having a strong parental bond and being present for children in their early years is crucial for their emotional well-being.
Understanding a child's emotions and helping them regulate their emotions can be achieved through deep breathing exercises and modeling healthy conflict resolution during tantrums.
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Parenting Expert Discusses Challenges of Parenting Babies and Toddlers
Parenting expert Alice Coltman shares her insights on parenting babies and toddlers. With over 30 years of experience, she emphasizes the importance of creating a strong parental bond and being present for children in their early years. She advises parents to be patient, normalize the chaos of parenthood, and support their child's emotional well-being. Alice also discusses the challenges faced by new parents and the need for clear communication and teamwork in parenting partnerships.
Managing Temper Tantrums and Setting Boundaries
Alice Coltman provides advice on managing temper tantrums in children. She emphasizes the importance of understanding a child's emotions and finding ways to help them regulate their emotions, such as deep breathing exercises. Alice also recommends strategies for parents to remain calm during tantrums and model healthy conflict resolution. She highlights the significance of ensuring children feel safe and loved, even during challenging moments.
Balancing Technology Use and Parental Engagement
Alice Coltman discusses the challenges of technology use in parenting. She encourages parents to set boundaries for their own device usage and be fully present when engaging with their children. She recommends mindfulness exercises and emphasizes the importance of modeling healthy technology habits. Alice reminds parents to prioritize parent-child engagement and limit distractions to strengthen the parent-child relationship.
The majority of people will become parents, a role of enormous importance and influence, yet few people have any training (other than their own childhoods) to set them up for success. After the birth of a first child, it’s common to feel overwhelmed and in information overload. Toddlers, with their big and increasingly complex emotions, don’t make life any easier! Thankfully, clinicians like Alice Kaltman are here to help. With her solution focused, no nonsense approach, Alice helps parents become better equipped to handle the emotional and practical challenges they face. In this interview we explore boundaries, parental self-control, managing temper tantrums, cultivating presence, and much more. We highly recommend this podcast to any expecting or new parent.
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