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When children understand what behavior is expected and how unexpected behavior affects them and everyone else usually negatively, life is easier for everyone. This episode contains playful parenting ideas on helping children understand how their behavior affects themselves and others. It also contains a fun story idea.
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In this episode, we discuss our results for the October Parenting Challenge where we were supposed to create a story according to the needs of a child in our life and try it out with them. To know which stories were used, be sure to listen to the Joy's Squirrel Story and Kitty's Shower story before listening to these results.
We have some exciting new things coming this January to OpenLittleDoors, and because we have some work to do to make these exciting things happen, we are going to take a break from doing our podcast for November and December. You may get a couple WednesdayWisdoms if you are signed up with us, but know that we'll resume the podcast coming January. We hope you all enjoy the holidays!
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Today's we've got another Doggy and Kitty story for you that focuses specifically on Kitty taking a long shower and ends up not having time to finish her art project. Listen to find out how she learns to take faster showers and is able to do her art project. This story is told by Mindy and we hope you enjoy.
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We've got another story for you! Today's story is one created by Joy Goldberger, one of Maryl's mentors when she worked at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. This story has been used to train Child Life Specialists on using stories to help a child with medical challenges.
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We share a lot of stories on the podcast and even how to tell a story. Today we revisit this discussion on how to create a story and why it holds so much value in your parenting and your children's lives. Stay tune near the end where we tell you the parenting challenge for October!
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In today's episode, we discuss the results of the parenting challenge set for this month! Our parenting challenge this month was for you to think of one emotionally triggered behavior in your relationship with one of your children that you feel isn’t productive for your life and play about it and what happens from your play. We found that the challenge brought unexpected results...
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There are various different thoughts we can have on emotions and in this episode, we discuss some of the thoughts we have about emotions and how you can teach them to your children.
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Life is full of many different experiences and emotions! Expressing and managing emotions in healthy ways takes time and practice. Our PlayFocus in PlayTogether this month focuses on using playful parenting strategies to help your child develop emotional control. In this episode, we discuss using play to help increase your child's healthy emotional expression.
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This week we have a story to share with you instead of a discussion. This story is about a unicorn and all the emotions she feels as she goes through her day. Next week we'll be discussing how you can use play to help children with big emotions like anger, anxiety, and excitement. For this week, tell this story to your children and work on labeling all the different emotions that we feel each day. One of the first steps to developing emotional intelligence is being able to identify and label emotions.
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Since everyone is headed back to school now we thought it would be a good time to revisit the conversation of digital safety with your children. We're resharing episode 21 where we were fortunate enough to have Kristen A Jenson as a guest. This is episode shares play ideas to use along with Kristen's best selling book, Good Picture Bad Pictures Jr. We also want to make you aware of the new digital curriculum that Kirsten's organization has produced called, "Brain Defense". It helps you teach your children about all the dangers associated with technology. You can check out the curriculum here: https://www.defendyoungminds.com/brain-defense
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We’re coming to the end of summer, and we all know what that means...school will be starting! Maybe your children have already started school or they are about to start school. But we’ve got a story that you can alter a bit to help your children when they are starting school for the first time or starting another school year. This story is told by Maryl and we hope you enjoy.
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Today we’re going to discuss how a child grows through play and why we changed our slogan from play, connect, become to play, connect, grow.
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Today we have a Doggy and Kitty story for you about Doggy and Kitty having a party where they invite a bunch of their animal friends over. While at the party though, every one of their friends had something to whine and complain about. You can listen to find out how Doggy and Kitty feel about their friends complaining. This is also a great story to discuss with your child about behavior choices and how to handle negative emotions. This story is told by Mindy and we hope you enjoy.
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At OpenLittleDoors, one of our key objectives is to help you use playful parenting strategies as effective parenting tools. In this episode, we discuss how understanding the definition of play can help you make play more meaningful and enjoyable when you parent.
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Ever get frustrated when your kids don't clean up their room, do their homework, or practice a musical instrument? Today we’ve got a story you can tell to them about tackling responsibilities, following a car who has to clean up her garage before she goes to see her cousins. Listen to find out if the car will be able to get the motivation to clean up her garage. This story is told by Maryl and we hope you enjoy.
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Trying to get our children to do their chores or practice a musical instrument can be frustrating. In today's episode, we discuss ideas on how you can turn this constant battle into play.
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We got a Doggy and Kitty story for you today that touches on Raspberries and Thorns, the topic we discussed last week. Doggy and Kitty go to Doggy's grandma's house to pick raspberries where they learn the metaphor discussed in our last episode. This is a great story you can tell to your children and discuss this topic, as well as thinking of raspberries and thorns in their lives. This story is told by Mindy and we hope you enjoy!
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