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Dec 2020

24m 41s

#214: Fixing Difficult Behaviors & Paren...

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist

About this episode

Erin goes back to basics on how kids and parents shape each other's behavior, it's basically a 101 on dealing with those trouble spots and power struggles, be their bedtimes, middle-of-the-night issues, mealtimes, or major meltdowns. Learn about how children learn to find our weak spots and how to circumvent. Then Erin addresses the stresses parents are under during this ongoing pandemic with more tips and some relieving statistics about how our children are doing to relieve parental concerns.

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