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Sue Donnellan
Parenting behavior consultant and host of the Ask Mom Parenting podcast, with 25+ years of experience helping parents reduce yelling and raise accountable kids.
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Oct 5, 2026
How to Stop Reactive Parenting and Raise More Independent Kids with Sue Donnellan, EP 170
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Dori DurbinHOST
Basically, what do parents get tripped up in in, like, everyday things that they're trying to solve, like little problems, that they're not realizing those aren't really that big a deal? It's the bigger, you know, decisions later.
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5:22Sue DonnellanGUEST
Well, you know, you said it earlier, and it's a really good point, and I, I, I do talk about this in one of my podcasts, where we think every single day is a brand-new day.
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5:30Sue DonnellanGUEST
You know, we, we, we are experiencing something new, and I, you know, part of stress on anyone's, in anyone's life is experiencing something new.
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5:38Sue DonnellanGUEST
When we get out of our comfort zone and we're doing something new, it's highly stressful.
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5:42Sue DonnellanGUEST
And when you think about parenting in that way, it's like every single day with our child is, is a day we've never seen.
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Dori DurbinHOST
[laughs] I wanna ask you, I know it depends on the kid, though, what is okay for me to give them a voice in?
How To Raise Accountable Kids With Sue Donnellan
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11:50Sue DonnellanGUEST
So I'm thinking, "How can I teach parents to be in prepare mode, prepared mode, and how can I take all that I've learned, distill it, and package it in a way that makes parenting easier?"That again, is repeatable, is a framework.
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12:12Sue DonnellanGUEST
I've got, my system is preparing parents in advance, so we have a way, you know, I have a way of doing this through patterning, looking at patterns, interrupting the patterns, figuring out what makes you yell, or whatever it is you're trying to change.