What do we do when our kids are out of control?  When our kids' first response to frustration is to chuck things across the room or to kick and scream and hit?

Tara, a sweet momma from A Heart For All Students private community, asked me this question last year.

My boy turns into the Hulk when he is mad!  What do I do?"

In today's episode I speak to Tara's problem from a lot of my own personal experience.   Tara, you are not alone, Friend.

When we were in the thick of it with my son, he hit, kicked, bit, screamed, threw everything and more.  It was awful.  Sadly, for years I felt completely alone and isolated when none of the good Christian parenting strategies I knew to use worked. 

It took years for me to finally realize that this child needed a new approach to parenting and that required me to SHIFT MY THINKING.

Today we discuss two of the four steps of the 4 step parenting framework in my recently released parenting course, Barely Surviving to Outright Thriving.

1. Relationship
2. Emotional Vocabulary

I will specifically walk Tara through her scenario with the exact steps I recommend to use with our kids when they are in full-blown meltdown mode.   Step by step, I'll walk everyone through a meltdown and how to navigate it with confidence.

We address self-regulation, executive functioning and God's brilliant design when He made our kids SMALLER than us when they don't have a fully developed prefontal cortex. 

Who knew it's ok to not freak out when our little kids hit us?  I'll tell you why it's ok to take a deep breath and respond differently. 

So, that's why we're here today.  Listen in, be encouraged, and regardless of age or diagnosis, know that these principles work.  You've got this, Momma!

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