Adina Soclof, a mom of four, Speech Therapist, author, and parenting expert guides us on how to prepare your kids for life. This is a loaded question, and Adina breaks it down simply. You will come away from this interview with the tools you need to help foster a solution-oriented outlook and approach in your home.

Show Notes:

3:10 How do we prepare kids for life?
"For me it was really important that my kids felt capable..."

5:12 Creating a healthy environment for children's emotions
"Teaching need to be done not in the heat of the moment"

7:22 Praising kids
"You don't want to use superlatives [...] you really want to give praise that is more descriptive"

9:38 Creating a family mission statement

10:33 Having a goal in mind as a parent
"We can't stop the temper tantrums [...] so we have to change the goal to teaching kids calming strategies"

12:30 Resources to handle a temper tantrum
"The most important part of a temper tantrum is seeing how they calm down"

Connect with Adina:
Website: https://parentingsimply.com/

Book on Amazon, Parenting Simply: Preparing Kids for Life.
Make sure to download Adina's FREE gift, Raising Resilient Responsible Kids

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Show Credits:
Host: Jodi Fried
Guest: Adina Soclof
Editor: Orlando Diaz