Recent Podcasts
#85: How to use Effective Negative Consequences: Part 3
In today’s podcast, ADHD Parenting Coach Siope Kinikini continues to share with parents the limitations of consequences and what they can do instead.
#84: How to use Effective Negative Consequences: Part 2
In today’s podcast, ADHD Parenting Coach Siope Kinikini shares with parents the limitations of consequences and what they can do instead.
#83: How to use Effective Negative Consequences: Part 1
There is a difference between consequences and punishments. Learn how to use consequences effectively with your child to help them make better choices.
#82: Reduce frustration with Preventive Teaching: Part 3
In part three of our Preventive Teaching journey, Siope Kinikini teaches parents to use time and energy wisely instead of spending it addressing problems.
#81: Reduce frustration with Preventive Teaching: Part 2
When parents have skills and tools, they can be proactive instead of reactive. Preventive Teaching helps families prevent problems before they arise.
#80: Reducing frustration with Preventive Teaching: Part 1
When parents have skills and tools, they can be proactive instead of reactive. Preventive Teaching helps families prevent problems before they arise.
#79: Learning new behavior through continued practice
Let us guide you on how to make Role-playing effective for your family. Sign up for a free ADHD Parenting Coaching session!
#78: Creating a growth mindset in kids using Praise Approximations
Creating a growth mindset helps kids understand expectations while allowing them to not be perfect. Effective Praise shows a child what they are doing well.
#77: How I learned to help my ADHD child, with Eric Bjorklund
Eric Bjorklund talks about how Smarter Parenting and the Teaching-Family Model changed his parenting and improved his relationship with his son.
#76: Giving Effective Praise
Giving Effective Praise can be especially helpful during a tantrum as it allows parents to focus on the positive and deescalate the situation.
Recent Blogs
Using Decision Making to help your ADHD child make better decisons
Children with ADHD are impulsive and make decisions without thinking through all the outcomes. Using Decision Making (SODAS Method) helps them pause and make better decisions.
How I’ve made Following Instructions work with toddlers
Here are a few tips for simplifying this skill to work for your little ones
The 6 best movies about death to begin the conversation
Movies can provide an effective way to open the conversation with your child about difficult topics. Here are 6 movies you can use to talk about death.
We need your help!
If you’ve used Smarter Parenting, we want to hear from you!
How to use Preventive Teaching to help your child’s anxiety
Using Preventive Teaching can help lessen your child’s anxiety
Helping local and worldwide communitities
Refugees, the elderly, human trafficking, special needs and everyday families. How Smarter Parenting is helping communities locally and around the world.
Getting on his level: a behavior experiment
What I learned when I started looking in my son’s eyes to talk to him.
Talking about abuse using Preventive Teaching
Abuse can happen. Help your children know what it is and how to report it.
3 things I’m going to do this year
3 ways I’m planning on making my life better this year.
Why transage is scary for children
Transage is a super scary things–especially for children.