Sean Donohue Show

Discipline gets confusing when a child is intense, defiant, or emotionally explosive—and many parents swing between being too harsh or giving up altogether.

Sean reframes discipline as training, leadership, and emotional coaching rather than punishment, showing how to guide challenging children without damaging connection.

This teaching breaks down how to stay firm and calm at the same time, set boundaries that actually work, and help strong-willed kids develop self-control, responsibility, and emotional maturity.

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Parenting doesn’t happen in calm, quiet moments—it happens in the middle of exhaustion, big emotions, pressure, and the everyday grind.

This conversation speaks to parents who feel overwhelmed by their child’s emotions and their own, and want to respond with wisdom instead of regret.

Sean breaks down how to stay grounded, emotionally regulated, and connected when life feels nonstop and messy, offering practical shifts that help parents lead their homes with clarity, calm, and confidence—even on the hardest days.

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Video games can quietly become more than entertainment for boys—they can shape identity, motivation, and emotional development in ways many parents don’t see coming.

Sean and Jordan explore why boys are especially vulnerable to building purpose, confidence, and belonging inside virtual worlds, and how this can impact real-life growth, relationships, and resilience.

This important episode helps parents recognize warning signs, understand what boys are really searching for, and lead them toward healthy identity, discipline, and meaning beyond the screen.

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Most kids don’t respond to lectures, consequences, or raised voices—

and parents end up feeling stuck, frustrated, and out of tools.

Sean breaks down the exact phrases that help tough, resistant, or emotionally intense kids feel seen, lower their defenses, and actually listen without power struggles.

This conversation gives parents language they can use in real moments to build connection, increase cooperation, and lead with calm authority instead of control.

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Parenting comes with emotional whiplash—

love, guilt, anger, joy, fear, sometimes all in the same hour.

Sean breaks down why these intense emotions are normal, how parents get hijacked by them, and what it actually looks like to stay grounded and lead well in the middle of the chaos.

This conversation helps parents stop shaming themselves for big feelings and start using emotional awareness as a strength instead of a liability.

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