Sustainable Parenting | The kind and firm solution for resilient kids and dependable calm.
Flora McCormick, LCPC, Parenting Coach
136 episodes
4 days ago
If you’ve been trying so hard to stay calm, validate feelings, and reason with your child — but still end up in power struggles, meltdowns, or 20-minute debates about a broken banana — this episode is your breath of fresh air. Flora McCormick, LCPC — parenting coach, counselor, and mom of two — reveals the surprising missing piece that makes gentle parenting actually work: learning to talk less. You’ll hear a real client story of how one mom transformed morning battles simply by saying fewer ...
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If you’ve been trying so hard to stay calm, validate feelings, and reason with your child — but still end up in power struggles, meltdowns, or 20-minute debates about a broken banana — this episode is your breath of fresh air. Flora McCormick, LCPC — parenting coach, counselor, and mom of two — reveals the surprising missing piece that makes gentle parenting actually work: learning to talk less. You’ll hear a real client story of how one mom transformed morning battles simply by saying fewer ...
123. Why Forced Apologies Don’t Teach Kids Responsibility and What to Do Instead
Sustainable Parenting | The kind and firm solution for resilient kids and dependable calm.
11 minutes
3 months ago
123. Why Forced Apologies Don’t Teach Kids Responsibility and What to Do Instead
Tired of forcing your kids to say “I’m sorry,” only to have the apology come out flat, fake, or sarcastic? Do you find yourself insisting on the “right tone” until you are blue in the face, or even yelling at your child - and all the while the kid doesn't really seem to care? Here's the deal, friend. Most of the time, I've found apologizing doesn’t actually teach kids responsibility. It just teaches them how to act like they feel bad. In this episode of the Sustainable Pare...
Sustainable Parenting | The kind and firm solution for resilient kids and dependable calm.
If you’ve been trying so hard to stay calm, validate feelings, and reason with your child — but still end up in power struggles, meltdowns, or 20-minute debates about a broken banana — this episode is your breath of fresh air. Flora McCormick, LCPC — parenting coach, counselor, and mom of two — reveals the surprising missing piece that makes gentle parenting actually work: learning to talk less. You’ll hear a real client story of how one mom transformed morning battles simply by saying fewer ...
