Transforming The Toddler Years- Parents and Educators Raising Calm, Connected, Capable Kids
Aug 4, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
**Want to know how to really connect with your child?** In this episode, I talk about **connection being the key first step in the collaborative discipline** cycle. Spoiler alert: connection is not…
And so here's a few things about connection that matter, okay? It's not about words.
Is that something that you've ever thought of before? We don't connect with words.
When we have a connection to another person, when we relate to another person, there's that root word of relationship, right? It's a feeling, it's a knowing, it's a sensation, that connection, and it's ultimately energy.
The energy field, the force that exists between two people, that is connection, and it's essential.
A relationship, a healthy, functional relationship is rooted in four core connectors.
They are human experienced values of mutual trust and respect and honesty, and the ability to talk about all of those things.
So when you think about your tiniest humans in your life, an eight-month-old, an 18-month-old, a two, a two and a half, a three-year-old, are those the first things that pop up, uh, in your mind? In order to be a strong, loving role model and caregiver for this person, I need to respect them.
That is, you are working against our current culture, and so you're doing this very consciously.
So you're going to want to prioritize respecting them and letting them know that you believe them Honesty, right? They're- they are born, they are born totally vulnerable, totally clear.
And so here's a few things about connection that matter, okay? It's not about words.
Is that something that you've ever thought of before? We don't connect with words.
When we have a connection to another person, when we relate to another person, there's that root word of relationship, right? It's a feeling, it's a knowing, it's a sensation, that connection, and it's ultimately energy.
The energy field, the force that exists between two people, that is connection, and it's essential.
A relationship, a healthy, functional relationship is rooted in four core connectors.
They are human experienced values of mutual trust and respect and honesty, and the ability to talk about all of those things.
So when you think about your tiniest humans in your life, an eight-month-old, an 18-month-old, a two, a two and a half, a three-year-old, are those the first things that pop up, uh, in your mind? In order to be a strong, loving role model and caregiver for this person, I need to respect them.
That is, you are working against our current culture, and so you're doing this very consciously.
So you're going to want to prioritize respecting them and letting them know that you believe them Honesty, right? They're- they are born, they are born totally vulnerable, totally clear.
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