Transforming The Toddler Years- Parents and Educators Raising Calm, Connected, Capable Kids
Aug 18, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
**How important is collaborating with your kids?** In this episode, I discuss the third C of Collaborative Discipline: Collaboration. I share that it's the togetherness is where you problem solve…
Okay, so when we left off, Davey was standing next to his dirt bike, and we had had an intentional communication session where I was not feeding his emotions, just narrating what was happening, what I saw happening in front of my eyes.
Everything I had done so far to establish the connection, the trust and the respect and the honesty and the energy that we shared in that moment, necessary, right? It's the foundation for the success.
He still wants to ride the bike, and the answer is still, "That's not happening right now." Solving problems with small people means that you are willing, this is important, that you are willing to listen to their needs, wants, and desires, even if you don't agree with them, and even if that's not what's going to happen in that moment.
When I say it out loud, it actually just sounds, like, kinda duh and simple and of course.
But think about all the emotions that go into the fact that we are the adults and they are the kids, right? That it's our job to teach and guide, that it's our job to be in control and manage, and then it gets a little more complicated when we think about it.
Okay, so when we left off, Davey was standing next to his dirt bike, and we had had an intentional communication session where I was not feeding his emotions, just narrating what was happening, what I saw happening in front of my eyes.
Everything I had done so far to establish the connection, the trust and the respect and the honesty and the energy that we shared in that moment, necessary, right? It's the foundation for the success.
He still wants to ride the bike, and the answer is still, "That's not happening right now." Solving problems with small people means that you are willing, this is important, that you are willing to listen to their needs, wants, and desires, even if you don't agree with them, and even if that's not what's going to happen in that moment.
When I say it out loud, it actually just sounds, like, kinda duh and simple and of course.
But think about all the emotions that go into the fact that we are the adults and they are the kids, right? That it's our job to teach and guide, that it's our job to be in control and manage, and then it gets a little more complicated when we think about it.
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