Joyful Courage - A Conscious Parenting Podcast

Such a great conversation with Marcille Smith Boyle!! Solving problems with our kids is no joke and such an important way to teach life skills. Marcille breaks down the task in a way that gets parents excited to practice!! She is full of information and real life stories that I know will be inspiring and helpful to you – Enjoy! Marcille studied the work of Ross Green –Lost at School The Explosive Child He writes and teaches about Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) – involving kids in solving their own behavior challenges Parents tend to think it’s our job to solve our children’s behavior challenges… Truth is, our kids can be awesome problem solvers – yay! The brain likes it’s own ideas best!! David Rock – Neuro Leadership Group   CPS has 3 main steps – - Empathize gather info from child – from their point of view- Define the problem- Brainstorm solutions together with your child. Most powerful part --- not necessarily the process, but how we shift perspective about how we look and think and feel about behavi