Emotional Dumping | CP132

Sep 22, 2023

Today's podcast discusses the issue of emotional dumping, particularly from children. The speakers explore the challenges faced by mothers, strategies for teaching children how to regulate their emotions, and the dynamics of the mother-child relationship. They also highlight the importance of accepting apologies, guiding meaningful conversations, and practicing self-care.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Understanding Emotional Dumping and Its Impact on Parents

01:47 • 3min

Understanding the Dynamics of the Mother and Child Relationship

04:39 • 6min

Accepting apologies and addressing emotional dumping

11:01 • 2min

The Importance of Guiding Meaningful Conversations and Practicing Self-Care

13:25 • 3min

Today I want to talk about what to do when your child, teen or young adult child emotionally dumps everything on you. You just get a cascade of all of the stuff that they're having trouble regulating all over you.

To be honest, this happens mostly with moms.

So today we're going to talk about why it happens and what to do about it.

Takeaways:

Moms often get what belongs to everyone else (1:43)
How to teach your kids how to treat you (4:50)
Calm technique for parents (9:01)
Setting boundaries and self-care (12:51)

Meet Jennifer Kolari

Jennifer Kolari is the host of the “Connected Parenting” weekly podcast and the co-host of “The Mental Health Comedy” podcast. Kolari is a frequent guest on Nationwide morning shows and podcasts in th US and Canada. Her advice can also be found in many Canadian and US magazines such as; Today’s Parent, Parents Magazine and Canadian Family.

Kolari’s powerful parenting model is based on the neurobiology of love, teaching parents how to use compassion and empathy as powerful medicine to transform challenging behavior and build children’s emotional resilience and emotional shock absorbers.

Jennifer’s wisdom, quick wit and down to earth style help parents navigate modern-day parenting problems, offering real-life examples as well as practical and effective tools and strategies.

Her highly entertaining, inspiring workshops are shared with warmth and humour, making her a crowd-pleasing speaker with schools, medical professionals, corporations and agencies throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

One of the nation’s leading parenting experts, Jennifer Kolari, is a highly sought- after international speaker and the founder of Connected Parenting. A child and family therapist with a busy practice based in San Diego and Toronto, Kolari is also the author of Connected Parenting: How to Raise A Great Kid (Penguin Group USA and Penguin Canada, 2009) and You’re Ruining My Life! (But Not Really): Surviving the Teenage Years with Connected Parenting (Penguin Canada, 2011).