Play Instead of Punishment

When your child is being hard, what is the first tool you reach for? A countdown. A consequence. A lecture. A raised voice. Almost every one of those is a version of the same instinct: when my child gets hard, I get harder. In this episode, I am making the case for the opposite. That the most powerful thing you can do in your hardest parenting moments is not bring more pressure. It is to bring more play. We will cover the three wrong beliefs about play that keep parents stuck, the way to end power struggles faster than any consequence, and a real game menu broken down by age band, including specific play for tweens and teens.

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