Join me for Part 1 of the Playful Parenting Series.

Being silly, having fun, and finding joy in parenting can help us through hard moments and build connection.

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I think one of the most natural instincts we have as parents is to protect our kids from discomfort. When they’re struggling, we want to fix it.

And that instinct comes from love. But over time, I’ve had to shift how I think about that. Because if we remove every hard thing… we also remove the opportunity for growth. Resilience isn’t built in ease. It’s built in learning how to move through challenge.

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We’re continuing our series on raising emotionally intelligent kids, and today we’re getting really practical. We’re talking about those real-life moments that can feel the hardest—the meltdowns, the overwhelm, the big emotional reactions where everything seems to escalate quickly.

Because I think this is where so many parents feel stuck.

We understand that emotions matter. We want to respond well. But in the moment, when things are loud and chaotic and intense… it’s hard to know what to actually do.

So today, I want to walk through what’s really happening in those moments, and what our kids actually need from us.

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Big emotions are not bad.

They’re not a problem to fix. They’re a signal.

They’re telling us something is happening internally that our child doesn’t yet know how to handle. And if we only focus on stopping the emotion, we miss the opportunity to teach them what to do with it. That’s where emotional intelligence is built.

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Last week, we started this series on raising emotionally intelligent kids, and we talked about what emotional intelligence actually looks like.

Not calm kids… but kids who are learning how to understand and handle their emotions over time. And today, we’re building on that in a really practical way.

We’re talking about teaching our kids how to name and understand what they’re feeling.

Because this is foundational. And for many of us… it’s something we weren’t taught ourselves.

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Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids

I’m starting a new series on the podcast that I’ve been really excited about:

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids.

If you listened back to episode 15, this is something I’ve talked about before…
but I wanted to come back to it in a deeper, more practical way.

Because we hear this phrase all the time.

We want emotionally intelligent kids.

But what does that actually look like in real life?

Join me over the next few weeks as we unpack what it looks like.

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Not all kids respond the same way.

Some follow directions easily.

And some… push back on everything.

I’ve had to remind myself — this isn’t a sign I’m doing something wrong.

It’s a sign my child needs guidance in how to handle their voice, their emotions, and their need for control.

This episode is all about how to stay firm without becoming harsh… and how to lead without losing connection.

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Yelling doesn’t usually come out of nowhere.

It builds.

You ask…
You repeat…
You get frustrated…
…and then it happens.

And after?

The guilt.

I’ve had to remind myself—this isn’t about being a “bad parent.”

It’s a pattern.

And patterns can be changed.

This week’s episode is all about the yelling cycle—and how to start breaking it with more awareness and less pressure for perfection.

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