Episode One

1:30  Q1: How to I explain co-vid19 and the pandemic to my children

 

3:30: explaining to JK and younger  – experiential activity

4:30: explaining to older children -what have your come to understand?

6:00: tweens / teens – questions to engage their own thinking process

7:00: focus on what we can and should do

8:30: Adler’s idea of social connection and belonging in a time of physical distancing

10:15 The effects of the pandemic on family life

 

11:00 Q2: My kids have been home for weeks, how can I entertain them for this long?

11:05: clarify that you are not responsible for entertaining your child

14:00 core beliefs and personality established by age 4 or 5

14:25: why creating a schedule that is predictable creates psychological safety

16:17: how to make a schedule together with the kids

18:00: how schedules teach patience and reduce pestering

 

19:41: Q3: “How can I get my child to focus at mealtime, bedtime, and homework time?”

20.20 The importance of setting and enforcing limits and boundaries

23:30 Logical consequences replace punishments

25:15:  Adler’s philosophy is to raise co-operative instead of obedient children

26:20 Natural consequences

27:10: The social laws of living in a group can be taught with logical consequences

28:00 Criteria for logical consequence

 

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