Parenting The Adlerian Way

Do you worry about your child’s weight and wonder if you are doing the right thing in how you encourage them to eat better and exercise more? Turns out sometimes so-called helpful prompts are not helpful. In fact, they could make matters worse. But what is a parent to do? Watch will their kiddo eats a bag of chips while gaming the day away?

I had the privilege of discussing the book, “Your Child Is Not Their Weight: Parenting in a Size-Obsessed World”, with the authors, Dr Joey Skelton and Dara Garner-Edwards. Their research at the Brenner FIT Program, and their approach in the book, recommends that we don’t focus on weight, but rather we need to emphasize a strong family connection, tackling lifestyle choices together as a family, and utilizing planning and structure with involvement from the children. Listen in to learn more!

Check out more resources at Dr Skelton’s website
www.BrennerChildrens.org/BrennerFIT

You can find Dr Skelton on social media here:

X: @DrJoeySkelton
Bluesky: @drjoeyskelton.bsky.social
Instagram: @brenner_fit
Facebook: Brenner FIT

And purchase the book here:
Your Child Is Not Their Weight – Parenting in a Size Obsessed World

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Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to [email protected] and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.

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Dr Will Dobud’s book, “Kids These Days”, shines the light on how the emphasis on youth mental health has paradoxically resulted in more pathologizing, more labelling, more medication and more institutionalizing of young people – all while rates of youth mental health skyrocket. Something is not right. He argues that our systems don’t support human flourishing and in fact create harm in youth. Dr Will is an advocate for co-adventure therapy and other forms of building egalitarian and respectful relationships with youth that allow them to be the hero of their journey and to face and overcome the hurdles of life through micro-adventuring.

The book:
www.kidsthesedaysbook.com

His website:
www.willdobud.com

Follow Will Dobud on social media:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/WillDobudPhD
Instagram: @WillDobud
Instagram: @Kids_These_Days_Book
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-dobud-5209ab74
X: @WillDobud

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Thank you to FeedSpot for selecting “Parenting the Adlerian Way” as the #1 parenting podcast in Canada two years in a row!

Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to [email protected] and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive my “Responsibilities By Age” pdf.

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Q1. How hard can I push my kiddo to go back to camp?

Q2. 17yr old wants to spend most of her savings on a bday gift for her new boyfriend

Q3. 3yr old doesn’t play with other kids at daycare. Is he lonely?

Q4. How to start family meetings with a 3 and a 4yr old?
(You can find my Family Meeting Playlist on YouTube Here.

Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to [email protected] and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.

Check out more free parenting advice on my blog at www.alysonschafer.com

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive a free “Home Responsibilities by Age” checklist.

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Sophia Galano has been providing therapy to teens and their families since 2015. In this episode, we discussed her book “Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Teenager Cope with Worry”. Sophia helps unpack the Gen Z anxiety effect, and how parents can find the messy middle between supporting but not enabling their anxious teen. Sophia is a big believer in helping youth develop skills and abilities to manage their emotions and to discover and challenge their thinking traps. Check out the podcast to get more of her useful tools.

You can find Sophia on social media here:
https://www.instagram.com/sophiavale_galano/

And purchase her book here:
Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teenager Cope with Worry."

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Thank you to FeedSpot for selecting “Parenting the Adlerian Way” as the #1 parenting podcast in Canada two years in a row!

Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to [email protected] and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive my “Responsibilities By Age” pdf.
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We assume when our teens start dating, they are going to pick good partners and be in good relationships, but wow – sometimes that is not the case! In this eye-opening conversation with the leading research experts from the University of Calgary who have developed an education texting-based tool for parents, we talk about the definition of relationship violence, the role of parents as a protective factor and how their text-based app solved the hurdle of parents not feeling adequately prepared to have these conversations about healthy vs unhealthy relationships.

You can find them here:

Instagram: @connected_parents_canada
LinkedIn: ConnectED Parents
Website: https://preventdomesticviolence.ca/our-work/children-youth-parents/connected-parents-project/

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Thank you to FeedSpot for selecting “Parenting the Adlerian Way” as the #1 parenting podcast in Canada two years in a row!

Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to [email protected] and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.

Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com and receive my “Responsibilities By Age” pdf.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.