Episode 22: How to Set & Maintain Effective Routines with Amy McCready, Positive Parenting Solutions
Brief summary of show:
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Amy McCready, the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the creator of the 7-Step Parenting Success System online course, which has transformed over 75,000 families on six different continents.
She is the author of two best-selling parenting books: If I Have to Tell You ONE MORE TIME and The "Me, Me, Me" Epidemic.
Amy is a TODAY Show contributor and has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, Rachael Ray, Steve Harvey, The Doctors & others. Her greatest joy is helping moms and dads become the parents they've always wanted to be.
Listen in as we talk about:
How to structure routines that will support your kids and family
What to do when your kids don’t follow the routine
Tips to lessen power struggles
Ways to empower our kids to follow their own routine
How to communicate with your kids
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Podcast Highlights:
[00:02:29] Setting up strategies for good routines
[00:04:59] Structure of the routine and who owns the problem
[00:07:57] How to set our kids up for success
[00:10:33] Amy's thoughts on over-parenting and helicopter parenting
[00:13:09] How to deal with power struggles
[00:17:40] Establishing responsibilities
[00:19:24] The importance of mind, body and soul connection with our kids