The Old School Teacher

03/16/22 • 39 min

Schools often struggle to implement discipline in a way we would support, and it's challenging as a parent to know how to advocate for our kids in their classrooms and with their teachers. In this episode, we respond to a text message from a mom seeking help in how to approach her daughter's teacher and address some concerning discipline practices.
Using food to manage behavior can create all kinds of negative relationships with food, eating, our bodies, etc. and this is particularly problematic if kids have experienced any kind of food insecurity or poverty.
The research on the positive effects of recess are clear - you can see some examples here, here, here, and here! Particularly for young kids, the effects of physical activity, social engagement, and time outdoors is crucial for their development and learning important skills such as regulation and peer interactions.
Leah has lots of experience working with school districts, teachers, and administrators, and gives some suggestions on how to try to partner with your child's teacher and school, sharing your concerns and the research we have on these topics, while also requiring different strategies be used when disciplining your children. It's imperative that those of us with the resources and abilities, advocate for our kids, which in turn will help those kids who may not have adults in their lives supporting them and advocating for them!!
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It's Never Too Late

In this episode, Leah uses relationships depicted on Cheer to illustrate how attachment patterns show up in adolesence and early adulthood. Children with attachment disruptions early in life often grow into adolescents and young adults who struggle to trust reciprocal, intimate relationships. This can lead to them running from the relationship, making accusations, and avoiding any semblence of connection.
Parents of teenagers often imply that they don't have to worry about attachment, or they shouldn't pay attention to it because their kids are older and that has already been set. Beka and Leah talk through ways to promote healthy attachment as our kids enter adolescence, a time when they are supposed to be moving away from us as parents and becoming more invested in their peer relationships.
Rewiring of our kids' brains is ALWAYS possible, often through corrective experiences. This takes lots of effort and time on our part as parents, to start to show them that as we respond to them differently, they can trust our reactions and that these new behaviors are legitimate. This process of rewiring their brains is critical in our belief that it is never too late to start a different way of interacting and being in relationship with our teenagers.
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Perfectionism

In this episode we talk through perfectionism, anxiety, and school pressures. The way we react to our kids as it relates to grades, performance, and school sends subtle messages about how e value those things and what it means if our kids perform well or struggle in these areas. If kids believe that their performance is tied to their worth, then problems can lead to shame and other negative reactions.
Like many other aspects of parenting, how we view our worth or success impacts how we respond to our children. It's important for us to look at ourselves and determine our own values around these issues and make conscious decisions about how we communicate those values to our children, in a supportive, unconditional way.
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