Coaches’ couch: Are you doing too much for your kids?
Ep. 39
Parent Coach Kristin Ward is back on the couch this week chatting about building independence in kids - without pushing them too far, too soon.
Coaches’ couch: Are you doing too much for your kids?
Ep. 39
Parent Coach Kristin Ward is back on the couch this week chatting about building independence in kids - without pushing them too far, too soon.
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Parent Coach Kristin Ward is back on the couch this week chatting about building independence in kids - without pushing them too far, too soon.
Kristin shares research that suggests there’s less ‘roaming’ in kids these days compared to previous decades, meaning the distance that parents allow their kids to move around, especially from their home, has reduced - while other skills that boost independence like cooking and speaking up for oneself have taken a backseat.
She shares why childhood is the best time for low-stakes consequences and learning through experience, offering advice on how a simple scaffold – watch > do together > do independently – can help boost independence and confidence in a healthy way. She also talks about leaving space for ‘welcome dependence’ when family moments call for it.
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Jenny Hale
Jenny has been on the team at Parenting Place for over 25 years. (She is setting a record!) Once upon a time, Jenny was a teacher and an educator for Parents As First Teachers.
Her lifelong passion is working with families and helping them find solutions to the tricky everyday challenges that come hand-in-hand with parenting. Author of Kind, Firm, Calm: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Parenting, Jenny enjoys writing as well as travelling around the country speaking in preschools, schools, churches and community organisations.
Jenny has been married to Stuart for 47 years and adores being a grandma to their three grandkids. Addicted to buying books for her grandchildren, she’d love to write her own children’s books one day, as well as raise free-range chickens and perhaps even take up horse-riding again.
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