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Frustrated By Your Kids' Behaviour (Turning Things Around) Jan 01, 2026

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#130 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on feeling frustrated by your kids’ behaviour. She covers repeating yourself as a parent, the lack of support systems nowadays, the overwhelming amount of parenting information, and expectations around parenting.
Lastly, Lisa addresses six listener questions, covering how to handle a short attention span in a 3-year-old, the best way to approach lying, managing sibling arguments and micromanagement, tips for introducing the podcast to a friend, dealing with a 3-year-old acting out, and how to respond when a 4-year-old calls their parents stupid.

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Reasoning With Your Toddler is Pointless: Unpopular Parenting Opinions For 16-35 Months Dec 30, 2025

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#129 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions around parenting toddlers. She covers her approach to toddler tantrums, actions over discussions, what age she considers toddlers to be, why she believes parents discuss bad behaviour with their toddlers, what consistent corrective actions are, parents feeling like their toddlers are in control, childproofing the home, and toddlers running away in public.
Lastly, Lisa addresses six listener questions, covering a 2-year-old copying behavior from a 3-year-old, a toddler running to mom for comfort during a tantrum, a 22-month-old who has started hitting during diaper changes and teeth brushing, whether it is possible to play too much with your kids, a 20-month-old hitting since starting kindergarten, and advice on the right age to encourage toddlers to dress independently.

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Don't Discipline Attitude: Unpopular Parenting Opinions For Ages 3-12 Dec 25, 2025

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#128 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions around parenting kids ages 3-12. She covers why she approaches parenting similar for this age group, not paying kids for chores, not addressing attitude from kids, playing with kids in their worlds and being friends with your kids.
Lastly, Lisa addresses five listener questions, covering a 4-year-old who doesn't want to take a family photo, strategies for getting kids to play well with each other, a 3-year-old copying behavior from younger siblings, a 4-year-old who wants to do everything on their own, and advice for a child getting upset when they lose or aren't chosen during soccer.

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Reward Charts Send the Wrong Message: Unpopular Parenting Opinions About Discipline Dec 23, 2025

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#127 In this episode, Lisa discusses discipline methods. She shares her thoughts on discipline for toddlers and kids, whether or not discipline is kindness, timeouts, reward charts, countdown method, the importance of connection, and discussing bad behaviour with kids.
Lastly, Lisa addresses five listener questions, covering a 4-year-old who is not listening and does the opposite of what is asked, strategies for getting a spouse on the same parenting page, effective consequence ideas for a 4-year-old, how to handle a 6-year-old who refuses to do chores, and advice on managing behavior that isn't necessarily "bad".

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Too Late to Fix Your Parenting? (Changing Your Ways) Dec 18, 2025

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#126 In this episode, Lisa discusses fixing your parenting methods. Throughout the chat she covers the difference between pleaser and authority styles of parenting, why she believes it’s important to look at yourself regarding kids behaviour, and why parenting is sometimes a one way street.
Lastly, Lisa addresses five listener questions, covering a 5-year-old getting upset when things don't go to plan, whether kids get mad at parents for yelling, how to correct a child's sense of entitlement, getting kids to listen to you again, and advice for co-parenting a toddler.

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The Difference Between Tantrums & Bad Behaviour: How to React in the Moment Dec 16, 2025

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#125 In this episode, Lisa discusses why she believes tantrums are not bad behaviour. She covers her approach to tantrums, public tantrums, whether or not she believes all kids have tantrums, when she thinks tantrums stop, whether or not parents can avoid tantrums, the fact that tantrums are overwhelming for parents, and the importance of connecting with kids after the tantrum.
Lastly, Lisa addresses six listener questions focused on managing and preventing tantrums, specifically covering how to approach tantrums with a sensitive 5-year-old, dealing with 3-year-old tantrums before kindergarten or while getting ready for school, strategies for getting a toddler to follow directions without a fit, methods to prevent future tantrums with a 4-year-old, and handling a 3-year-old throwing a fit before a meal.

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Blaming Kids For Defiance & Acting Out? Dec 11, 2025

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#124 In this episode, Lisa discusses blaming kids for bad behaviour. She covers whether she believes parents should be blaming their kids for bad behaviour, going through the motions when playing with your kids, her thoughts on using threats, and more.
Lastly, Lisa addresses eight listener questions, covering a 5-year-old acting out since starting kindergarten, dealing with four kids acting out as a single parent, a 9-year-old not listening, a 3-year-old saying no to everything, a 7-year-old exhibiting new behavior due to bad influences, the issue of young kids lying, strategies for addressing behavior at the dinner table, and a 6-year-old lashing out at a younger sibling.

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It's Not the Discipline That Makes Kids Good (It's This Instead) Dec 09, 2025

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#123 In this episode, Lisa discusses what she believes creates good behaviour from kids. She covers topics including why parents focus on discipline, parents blaming kids for their bad behaviour, why Lisa created the BratBusters Behaviour Board, the importance of connection, and why she believes in teaching your kids it’s okay to fail.
Lastly, Lisa addresses seven listener questions, covering how much playtime is appropriate with kids, whether to discipline children at other people's houses, a 5-year-old who is well-behaved at school but defiant at home, a 3-year-old acting out at school, what to do when you can't impose a consequence in the moment, a 5-year-old hitting and saying not-nice things to their parent, and strategies for making kids feel good about themselves.

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Overwhelmed and Yelling as a Parent: How to Move Forward Dec 04, 2025

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#122 In this episode, Lisa discusses feeling out of control as a parent. She shares her thoughts on parents feeling overwhelmed by the amount of parenting methods out there, the habit of yelling, making amends after you have yelled as a parent, the guilt around yelling, feeling lost as a parent, her top five tips for parenting teenagers, and why parenting is unlike any other relationship.
Lastly, Lisa addresses seven listener questions, covering how to build trust with your kids after getting frustrated with them, how long it takes to see changes after adjusting parenting methods for a 3-year-old, when to implement a second consequence when a 4-year-old is hitting others, becoming a calmer parent for a 7-year-old, a 7-year-old who gets angry easily, what to do when kids won't listen, and emotional regulation for an 11-year-old.

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