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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 12 MIN

What Your "Difficult" Child Wants You to Know

from Sustainable Parenting | Positive Discipline for Raising Resilient Kids · host Flora McCormick, LCPC, Parenting Coach

If one of your kids is pushing every button you have—and you’re wondering why parenting feels so hard with them lately—this episode is for you.Drawing from Positive Discipline and the wisdom of Rudolf Dreikurs, we explore what children are really asking for when their behavior feels irritating, defiant, or attention-seeking. Often, it’s a need for significance and belonging—not stricter consequences or longer explanations.In this episode, I share:How to correctly decode difficult behavior.How to respond with kind and firm parenting that is WAY more effective (and less exhausting).Simple shifts that reduce power struggles and frustration.This is a compassionate, realistic approach to how to get kids to listen more cooperatively without yelling or shame—supporting both raising resilient kids and your own sense of calm.✨Want more?  ✨JOIN me in the SUMMER of support:  💪❤️💪 https://courses.sustainableparenting.com/courses/summer-of-support✨ Get my 3 KEYS to Calm, Confident Parenting (30 min. FREE webinar) - https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63640a05c74edb4b6bdce1f3✨ Buy a 3 session Coaching Bundle (saving you $100) - for THREE 30-min sessions 1:1 with ME, where we get right to the heart of your challenges, and give you small, powerful shifts that make a huge difference fast.✨Schedule a FREE 20 min clarity call with Sustainable Parenting, so we can answer any questions you may have about working with Flora.✨Purchase a $19 short course on Etsy✨

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If one of your kids is pushing every button you have—and you’re wondering why parenting feels so hard with them lately—this episode is for you. Drawing from Positive Discipline and the wisdom of Rudolf Dreikurs, we explore what children are really asking for when their behavior feels irritating, defiant, or attention-seeking. Often, it’s a need for significance and belonging—not stricter consequences or longer explanations. In this episode, I share: How to correctly decode difficult behavior....

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