Parenting Decoded

In this episode I interview Bianca D'Agostino. She's a family and child therapist in Ottawa Canada who has lots of experience help families with issues around anxiety.
Learn how to identify and then deal with some common scenarios in dealing with kids and anxiety.
Here's the link to Bianca's helpful graphic on the different levels of anxiety, A through F:
ANXIETY GRAPHIC
Bianca's contact info and professional information:
BIANCA D'GOSTINO

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26: Lying, Cheating, and Stealing

Many parents get very upset when they catch their children lying, stealing, or cheating. We all hate the feeling of betrayal, being lied to, or cheated. But we all lie for lots of reasons. Sometimes to cover up bad behaviours. Other times, we do it out of fear because we want to spare ourselves of punishment or avoid sanctions.

The same goes with our young ones. But one thing is certain, it’s often not as intentional as we adults think and do.

Have you ever felt like no matter what you do, your child keeps on lying? Why do they do it? How can you encourage your children to tell the truth?

Join me in this episode as I go into detail about why our children lie as well as the strategies you can use to address lying!

What you will learn in this episode:

• Why lying bugs us so much?
• Why do kids lie and why does it come so easily to them?
• The different categories of lying and where your child might fit into
• The 3 main goals for parents when dealing with lying
• Teaching your kids how to apologize from the heart
• How to teach and help your kids learn from their mistakes
• Age-based ideas on dealing with lying
• Earning back your child’s trust
• How to encourage honesty
• Communication will always be key in a loving relationship

Resources Mentioned:

• How to Handle Your Child’s Dishonesty by Child-Psych.org
• Why Kids Lie from ChildMind.org by ChildMind.org
• Cheese Pizza Idea from Natasha at ReadingIsBetterThanChocolate.com
• Lying Guide By Age from Parents.com
• Honor Code Ideas by ReadBrightly.com
• Favorite Picture Books on Honesty from ChildrensLitLove.com
• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish

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Holidays and gift giving can bring about so much stress to families who are sucked into the commercialism of our current situation. In this podcast I want to give you all some hints about making gift giving a more heartfelt experience not only from you as the giver but also how to create an attitude of gratitude in our kids who are receiving those gifts. I’ll also go over some ideas about how to handle sibling-to-sibling giving as well as extended family situations which can easily get messy. I’m recording this in the holiday season, but it really applies to gifting at birthdays, graduations or any other type of event.
The article from Happy You, Happy Family that I talk about in this podcast can be found here:
GIFT IDEAS from Happy You, Happy Family
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Kids are self-centered from the get-go, no doubt about it. We have to teach them to be grateful for all that they have, all that we give them. But, how on earth do we do that when there's so much taking and so little giving going on around us?
First, I want to talk about entitlement – what it is and how it can grow out of control. Then I’ll go over ideas on how to nurture an attitude of gratitude in your home.
Beware of these entitlement issues in your home:
1. Giving instant gratification

2. Rewards are expected­

3. Boundaries are not respected

4. Life is supposed to be “Fair”

5. Providing constant entertainment
Try some of these ideas on how to grow an attitude of gratitude instead:

1. Stop complaining
2. Reframe things in the positive
3. Teach delayed gratification
4. Teach the value of hard work
5. Set healthy boundaries and say NO
6. Teach kids about money
7. Do a charity project
8. Expand your family's cultural experiences
9. Practice acts of kindness
10. Use gratitude in your daily conversations
11. Don't give rewards all the time
12. Limit gifts
13. Donate
14. Write Thank You Notes

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Kids being bullied isn't new. What's new is the extent at which they are being bullied and, with the internet, in new and harmful ways.
In this episode, we'll cover the different types of bullying:
Verbal - teasing, name-calling, taunting, etc.,
Social - spreading rumors, leaving kids out, embarrassing them, etc.
Physical - hitting, spitting, tripping, etc.
Cyberbullying - using digital devices to cause others harm
Why does bullying occur?
What can families do?
How you can role-play and brainstorm with your child.
Here are resources referenced in the podcast that are also on the transcript that is available and on my website blog:

• https://router-network.com/education/anti-bullying-guide
• https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/bullies.html
• https://www.pacer.org/bullying/
• https://www.stopbullying.gov/

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