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Why Kids Act Out and Don't Listen

Mindful Strategies for Addressing Behavior Challenges

Many parents who want to use a gentle, conscious approach find themselves struggling when their child is acting out or not listening. 

We asked a few of the top parenting experts how to address behavior problems at the root. Rather than trying to control a child’s behavior from the top-down, these experts share simple, mindful tools and yell-free techniques that parents can use to tend to the child’s feelings and change the behavior from the bottom-up. 

By tending to the root of the behavior, you won’t need to say the same thing over and over again. You can change their behavior–without having to resort to ineffective yelling or consequences–by guiding and teaching your child. 

You’ll learn how you can address your child’s behavior in the moment, and build their skills for the long term. You’ll see your child in a new light, and be able to effectively address “behavior issues” while building trust and connection.

 

Discover a gentle, yet effective way to address kids’ challenging behavior, get kids to listen, help them handle their feelings, speak calmly, and be considerate to others

 

“Why Kids Act Out and Don't Listen” will help you: 

  • Finally understand what is going on underneath your child’s behavior to address it at the core
  • Know exactly what to say–and when to say it–so you don’t have to repeat yourself over and over again
  • Help your kids build new skills, so they can use their words to ask for what they need and they won’t have to resort to “acting out” or “willfully ignoring” you
  • Use effective, gentle techniques based on child development and brain science, to help your child grow into their full potential
  • Learn techniques that work for kids who have high needs–who are more sensitive, stubborn, or spirited than others
Act Out Masterclass
Act Out Masterclass

Many parents who want to use a gentle, conscious approach find themselves struggling when their child is acting out or not listening. 

We asked a few of the top parenting experts how to address behavior problems at the root. Rather than trying to control a child’s behavior from the top-down, these experts share simple, mindful tools and yell-free techniques that parents can use to tend to the child’s feelings and change the behavior from the bottom-up. 

By tending to the root of the behavior, you won’t need to say the same thing over and over again. You can change their behavior–without having to resort to ineffective yelling or consequences–by guiding and teaching your child. 

You’ll learn how you can address your child’s behavior in the moment, and build their skills for the long term. You’ll see your child in a new light, and be able to effectively address “behavior issues” while building trust and connection.

 

Discover a gentle, yet effective way to address kids’ challenging behavior, get kids to listen, help them handle their feelings, speak calmly, and be considerate to others

 

“Why Kids Act Out and Don't Listen” will help you: 

  • Finally understand what is going on underneath your child’s behavior to address it at the core
  • Know exactly what to say–and when to say it–so you don’t have to repeat yourself over and over again
  • Help your kids build new skills, so they can use their words to ask for what they need and they won’t have to resort to “acting out” or “willfully ignoring” you
  • Use effective, gentle techniques based on child development and brain science, to help your child grow into their full potential
  • Learn techniques that work for kids who have high needs–who are more sensitive, stubborn, or spirited than others

REGISTER Here for only $147 $67

You’ll get all the videos and audios, full of simple and effective strategies for addressing challenging behavior.

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Non-judgemental Warmth and Encouragement That Even Insightful Parents Need
Dr. Daniel Siegel

Dr. Daniel Siegel

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, Author of Parenting from the Inside Out, Whole Brain Child, and many others

Helping Kids through Difficult Emotions
  • Discover why it’s so important for parents to shift away from discipline and behavior management and instead focus on helping kids learn empathy and social emotional intelligence
  • How to talk to children to help them understand their feelings, intentions, and thoughts, and learn balance, resilience, and insight
  • Help kids change their mindset to see difficult challenges as learning opportunities
  • Uncover strategies to know when kids need a “little pushin’ or a little cushion”
Susan Stiffelman

Susan Stiffelman

Marriage Family Therapist, Credentialed Teacher, Licensed Psychotherapist, Author of Parenting with Presence, Featured in The Today Show, The Boston Globe, Parents magazine, and the Los Angeles Times

Addressing A Child’s Misbehavior With Communication And Connection

  • What to do when parenting makes us feel caught off guard and overwhelmed, when it is not what we expected
  • How to use self-compassion, and not compare yourself to others. How to feel your feelings, and to let them move through you
  • How to shift away from negative thoughts and feelings about your child (partner, or life situation, etc) 
  • Get simple, specific steps to deepen your relationship with your kids
Tosha Schore

Tosha Schore

Parent coach, founder of Parenting Boys Peacefully, co-author of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges.

Addressing Kid’s Aggressive Behavior & Our Triggers

  • Understand the hidden causes of a child’s aggressive actions
  • Avoid common parenting mistakes that make kids’ aggression worse
  • Get effective strategies for addressing aggressive behavior, so you can know what to do “in the moment” and “outside the moment”
  • Understand how fear causes kids to act out and parent’s fear causes them to be less effective
Leslie Potter

Leslie Potter

Therapist, Parent Coach, Mama Extraordinaire, Creator of the “Parenting Paused” podcast, Founder of Purejoy Parenting

Healthy Boundaries and Big Feelings

  • Learn effective techniques to set a boundary and handle a child’s intense feelings
  • Hear about the importance of emotional maturity–what it is, and how kids can develop it
  • Why protecting kids from their feelings is a common mistake that many well-intentioned parents make, and what to do instead
  • Hear how to help kids develop resilience and adaptability
Tosha Schore

Tosha Schore

Parent coach, founder of Parenting Boys Peacefully, co-author of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges.

Raising Boys, Setting Limits, and the Power of Listening
  • The importance of boys expressing their feelings and playing wildly
  • 3 steps to set limits that are both gentle and firm
  • How to address behaviors of hitting, kicking, saying “no”, being defiant
  • How to listen deeply to boys

BONUS SESSION

Heather Forbes

Heather Forbes

Owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute (BCI), Licensed Social Worker, Internationally Published Author, Adoptive Mother of Two

Healing Trauma for Adopted and Foster Kids

  • Hear why all behavior is a form of communication
  • Shift from viewing behavior as “bad” to focus on helping a child heal the trauma or hurt behind the behavior (especially for a child who has been adopted or in foster care)
  • Discover the 3-step process to handle a conflict with a child
  • See how to use understanding and connection with children–rather than consequences– to change their behavior and teach them to calm their feelings

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You’ll get all the videos and audios, full of simple and effective strategies for addressing challenging behavior.

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For This Short Course, We Brought Together Some of the Top Experts in the Field

Dr. Daniel Siegel

Dr. Daniel Siegel

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, Author of Parenting from the Inside Out, the Whole Brain Child, No Drama Discipline, The Yes Brain and many more

Susan Stiffelman

Susan Stiffelman

Marriage Family Therapist, Credentialed Teacher, Licensed Psychotherapist, who has worked with families for over 30 years to create greater harmony and a deeper connection, Author of Parenting with Presence, Featured in The Today Show, The Boston Globe, Parents magazine, and the Los Angeles Times

Tosha Schore

Tosha Schore

Parent coach, Speaker, Co-author of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges, Mom to three boys committed to creating lasting change in families and in the world by supporting parents to care for themselves, connect with their boys deeply, set limits lovingly, and play wildly, Certified Teacher and Trainer of Instructors in Parenting by Connection

Leslie Potter

Leslie Potter

Therapist, Parent Coach and Mama Extraordinaire who supports parents to find their internal strengths instead of using techniques to control their child’s behavior. Creator of the “Parenting Paused” podcast, Founder and Creator of the Purejoy Parenting model.

Heather Forbes

Heather Forbes

Owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute (BCI), Licensed Social Worker, Internationally Published Author, Adoptive Mother of Two, who has worked in the field of trauma and healing, disruptive behaviors, and adoption-related issues since 1999

Cecilia and Jason

Course creators:
Cecilia and Jason Hilkey

Cecilia and Jason are the founders of Happily Family whose mission is to connect parents of challenging kids to the understanding support, research-based tools, and expert guidance they need the most. They believe that parenting is one of the most rewarding, challenging, and transformative opportunities we have as humans. They’ve conducted over 250 interviews of parenting and education experts, authors, therapists, and researchers. They’ve presented at conferences, schools and businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2012, their online programs and events have reached more than 500,000 parents and professionals in over 200 countries. They are both Early Childhood Educators–Cecilia Hilkey, MA is a pediatric Occupational Therapist and Jason Hilkey has a degree in Math and Computer Science. They are the proud parents of two wonderful young adults.

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  • Option: Professionally-formatted transcripts of the sessions, to make review and action simple

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