Eps 282: Letting the Heart Lead with Sarah Maclaughlin

My guest today is Sarah MacLaughlin. Sarah is a social worker, parent educator, and author of the award winning best-selling book: What Not to Say: Tools for Talking with Young Children. She is a writer, trainer, and content expert for Zero to Three, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.  Sarah maintains a blog, writes the parenting toolbox column for Portland Main’s Parent and Family, and has been featured many places online including the Huffington Post and this podcast: eps 30 & eps 52 Her latest book is called Raising Humans with Heart and is an invaluable resource for moms, dads, and caregivers everywhere.  Takeaways from the show: Sarah’s new book Getting curious about behavior Parenting manual we all have Trusting maturity will come around Mistakes are the primary learning tool for humans Stay current with your own emotional process Fiercely committed and lovingly detached  Being supportive without being suffocating Separating our regrets from our kid’s lives You have control over the narrative Willingness vs. willfulness  Conflict is a relationship builder For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices