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Author Lily Howard Scott | With Jordan Apr 01, 2025

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Author of the new book The Words that Shape Us (Scholastic), Lily uses innovative language to help parents and children navigate the challenges and triumphs of life.

Her new book is centered on the Power of Words and how the words and phrases we use with children can help grow their emotional literacy, teach them how to self-regulate, practice self-compassion, and build imagination and self-esteem.

They will discuss:

The science behind how words shape a child and offer language suggestions that will foster positive self-talk and self-esteem, including:

“What a brilliant mistake! What learning can you find in it?” This language dissolves shame associated with failure and encourages children to investigate mistakes with curiosity and regulation, not avoidance or a cold-sweat.
“Hello, feeling visitor!” This phrase, inspired by Rumi’s poem “The Guesthouse,” empowers kids to understand that they are separate from their emotional experiences, and underscores the truth that all feelings are impermanent.
“Let’s think ishfully as we jump into this challenge.” Guiding a child to approach assignments with an “ishful” spirit can deter perfectionistic tendencies.
“Turn on your birder mindset. What will you notice?” This language inspires kids to approach new experiences and activities with sustained attention and through the lens of “What funny, interesting, joyful thing will happen here?” Kids elicit what they project, and switching on their ‘birder mindset’ invites them to notice small moments of delight they’d otherwise miss.

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How Fear is Affecting Your Parenting and How to Break Free! Mar 27, 2025

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..But it is not good...or healthy...to parent in fear. Worry. Anxiety.

And it's no fun.

Fact: It's not normal or healthy to feel lots of pain when you are a parent.

It's normal to feel free, conscious and confident. That is the goal.

Sean is here to help.
Listen in as he puts some powerful tools in your parenting toolbox.

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Solve Sibling Fighting in 1 Day! Mar 26, 2025

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Have hope. You can change it.

You can lead your kids into closeness, respect and PHILADELPHIA = brotherly love.

You need the right tools and approach. You may need to make some changes in how you've been parenting and responding to the siblings.

Sean is here to help you and empower you.

Listen in.

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"Help Sean! I Treat My Kids Differently!" | With Jordan Mar 25, 2025

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...Sean makes an entire episode out of helping and supporting this great dad!

Join Sean and Jordan as they share tools and insights into this common parenting problem...what do you do when you connect with one child more then another?

And if you want to talk to Sean, if you'd like to have Sean make a podcast episode about your problem or your family, email Sean today at Sean@parentingmodernteens.com!

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Deep, High-EQ, Communication Tips You Should Use and Teach Your Kids Mar 20, 2025

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Our children will learn many great things in school.

Schools teach many good subjects.

But the most important lessons in life are not taught in schools.

Our child will never take a class on EQ (Emotional Quotient/Intelligence) skills.

So whose job is it to teach them?

Parents are teachers and every home is a school.

This episode is for you!
Take your teaching to the deep place!

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How To Stop REACTING! By Speaking To Yourself Mar 19, 2025

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As parents, we all struggle.

We all get heated.

We all get angry.

We all lose it sometimes.

But we don't have to react so much.

With the right tools and support, we can be the loving and calm parent we want to be, and the one our child needs.

The key? How we speak to ourselves.

Join Sean as he shares some helpful tools to calm our storms.

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4 POWER-PHRASES for Great Parenting | With Jordan Mar 18, 2025

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Join Sean and Jordan as they share some amazing words/phrases to speak to your children.

These phrases are full of love...and POWER!

They will help you bond with your child and help them to hear you and respond to you.

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Tools To Become an Amazing Parenting Team! Mar 13, 2025

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Have hope.

Help is here.

There are tools you can use to help unity with your partner.

You need these tools.

Join Sean as he helps you understand how to create teamwork and gives you specific scripts!

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How to Respond When a Horrible Crisis Arrives Mar 06, 2025

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This episode is for the ugly ones.

They will come.

And you want to be prepared.

Join Sean as he...prepares you for those really hard, horrible, terrible, stressful parenting days.

Preparation is good. This will help.

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How to Be a Calm, Connected Parent Mar 05, 2025

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You don't have to be angry.

You don't have to be a ball of stress.

You don't have to be a yeller.

Sean is here to help and guide you.

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