Do you feel like you're at the end of your rope with trying to get your kids to behave? Jen Lumanlan takes us through the steps for getting at the root cause of our children's behavior - and the root cause of our negative reactions, too.

Jen Lumanlan is the host of the Your Parenting Mojo podcast, which Lifehacker named "Best Research-Based Parenting Podcast." She runs a course called Taming Your Triggers, which helps parents to understand why they feel triggered and to feel triggered less often. Jen holds a Master's in Psychology focused on Child Development and another in Education.

Jen, Amy, and Margaret discuss:

How to determine your child's most frequent needs (and when to do it)
Where hair ties come into the picture
The importance of non-cognitive shifts

While inserting a "slip of paper" between our emotional response and our actions is important, the best thing we can do for ourselves and our kids is heal the reasons we are triggered by specific things in the first place.

Here's where you can find Jen:

Links!

13 Reasons Your Child Doesn't Listen (And What To Do About Each One) cheat sheet: https://www.yourparentingmojo.com/whatfreshhell
Taming Your Triggers workshop: https://www.yourparentingmojo.com/tamingyourtriggers
Our "Pattern Breaking" episode

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