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BratBusters Parenting Podcast

Lisa Bunnage

221 episodes

Welcome to the BratBusters Parenting Podcast! Lisa Bunnage, Parenting Coach and Founder of BratBusters Parenting, is joined by her daughter who handles the marketing and planning at BratBusters Parenting, Amy Bunnage. The show dives into a variety of parenting topics and Lisa answers your parenting questions. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Have a parenting question you'd like to submit for a chance to be featured? Visit https://bratbusters.com/podcast-questions/

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  1. If Your Toddler Won't Listen (Try This)

    · 27 min · Episode 171

    #171 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on toddlers not listening to their parents. She covers the importance of fun with calm leadership parenting, correcting toddler behaviour, and treating discipline like…

  2. The Secret to Raising Polite (But Confident) Children

    · 33 min · Episode 170

    #170 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on raising polite children. She covers what age she would start manners, balancing manners and confidence, building gratitude, and where to start with calm leadership…

  3. Discipline Errors Toddler Parents Make

    · 24 min · Episode 169

    #169 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on toddler discipline. She covers four things toddlers may do, three common discipline methods she doesn’t recommend for toddlers, consistent corrective actions, the…

  4. Master the Mom Look (Use With Caution)

    · 28 min · Episode 168

    #168 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on mastering the mom look. She covers how she would go about using this and how it fits within her approach to calm leadership parenting. Lastly, Lisa addresses nine…

  5. Defiance in 3-Year-Olds (A Mistake Parents Make)

    · 35 min · Episode 167

    #167 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on defiance from 3-year-olds. She covers how parenting shifts from toddlers to children, the mistakes she believes parents make for this age, passing over more control…

  6. Enforcing Rules Without Yelling (Or Nagging)

    · 33 min · Episode 166

    #166 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on when children break rules. She covers methods she doesn’t recommend like yelling, repeating yourself as a parent, and using threats and warnings. She also provides…

  7. How Your Reaction Can Make Loud Tantrums Worse

    · 19 min · Episode 165

    #165 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on loud tantrums. She covers loud tantrums when you’re in an environment where you need to be quiet, what age she has found tantrums start and end, her thoughts on…

  8. How to Connect With Your Child (Try This)

    · 18 min · Episode 164

    #164 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on connection with children. She covers the transition from parenting toddlers to children, children choosing different interests from you, ways to connect with younger…

  9. Stop Demanding Respect From Your Teenager

    · 37 min · Episode 163

    #163 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on parenting teenagers. She covers the difference between respect and fear as a parent, transitioning into the teenage years, her top five tips for parenting teenagers,…

  10. The Real Reason Children Need to Hear No

    · 25 min · Episode 162

    #162 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on saying no to children. She covers parents avoiding this word, teaching children about the real world, why she believes children should have control over their lives,…

  11. How to Raise Children With Grit (Without Pushing)

    · 22 min · Episode 161

    #161 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to raising children with grit. She covers parents trying to make everything easy for their children, how she approached teaching delayed gratification, the importance…

  12. How to Connect With Your Toddler (The Mistake Parents Make)

    · 15 min · Episode 160

    #160 In this episode, Lisa discusses how she approaches connecting with a toddler, which she considers to be 16-35 months. She covers the mistakes she believes parents make when connecting with their toddler,…

  13. When Your Child Hits (Stop Doing This)

    · 28 min · Episode 159

    #159 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach when children are hitting others. She covers navigating aggressive behaviour and why she believes children often start this behaviour in the first place. Lastly, Lisa…

  14. The Secret to Setting Fair Parenting Boundaries

    · 29 min · Episode 158

    #158 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to how to approach parenting boundaries. She covers why parents need to be accountable for their actions, what to do when you feel like you’ve been too strict, and…

  15. How to Handle Outbursts (Without Yelling)

    · 39 min · Episode 157

    #157 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to handling outbursts from your children. She covers staying calm during tantrums, how to approach grandparents who have different parenting methods, and what happens…

  16. What Happens When Parenting Styles Clash

    · 27 min · Episode 156

    #156 In this episode, Lisa discusses what happens when parenting styles clash. She covers the balance between polar opposite parenting methods, getting on the same parenting page, mixing parenting styles, and her…

  17. How to Be a Fun Parent Without Losing Respect

    · 13 min · Episode 155

    #155 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to being a fun parent without losing respect from your children. She covers why she believes fun is so important, using magic tricks, playing to your children’s…

  18. Are You Raising a Kind Child … or a People Pleaser?

    · 27 min · Episode 154

    #154 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to raising kind children. Throughout the conversation she covers her tips for raising teenagers and the difference between people pleasers and kind individuals from her…

  19. Stop Toddler Power Struggles (Without Timeouts)

    · 31 min · Episode 153

    #153 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to toddler power struggles. She covers discipline methods she doesn’t recommend, expectations when it comes to toddler parenting, tantrums, and the importance of…

  20. How to Validate Feelings (The Mistake Parents Make)

    · 34 min · Episode 152

    #152 In this episode, Lisa discusses her approach to validating children’s feelings. She covers raising confident children and her take on validating feelings from children. Lastly, in this episode, Lisa addresses…

  21. When Giving Your Child Control Backfires (Try This)

    · 38 min · Episode 151

    #151 In this episode, Lisa discusses how much control she thinks children should have. She covers toddlers, children, and teenagers, along with her thoughts on removing sporting games as discipline, giving toddlers too…

  22. Handling Defiance: Tactics for Strong-Willed 3-Year-Olds

    · 25 min · Episode 150

    #150 In this episode, Lisa discusses tactics for strong-willed 3-year-olds. She covers why she believes their behaviour may change at this age, reframing how you view defiance, setting yourself up as a calm leader…

  23. Stop Reacting When Your Child Yells (& Do This Instead)

    · 23 min · Episode 149

    #149 In this episode, Lisa discusses children yelling at you. She covers why your reaction matters as a parent when emotions are heightened, whether or not children egg on their parents to make them angry, how she…

  24. How to Stop Being a Pleaser Parent

    · 25 min · Episode 148

    #148 In this episode, Lisa discusses pleaser parenting. She covers why she thinks parents gravitate towards this style of parenting, having fair and reasonable boundaries as a parent, and her overall take on this…

  25. The Mistake Parents Make When Siblings Fight

    · 30 min · Episode 147

    #147 In this episode, Lisa discusses raising siblings. She covers age gaps between kids, how your love grows when you have another kid, introducing a newborn to their sibling, the mistake parents make when siblings are…

  26. How to Raise Resilient Children (Not Entitled Snowflakes)

    · 37 min · Episode 146

    #146 In this episode, Lisa discusses raising entitled kids. She covers what she believes is the most important part of calm leadership parenting, the pleaser parenting style, rewarding good behaviour, participation…

  27. Stop Feeding Tantrums & Outbursts

    · 28 min · Episode 145

    #145 In this episode, Lisa discusses tantrums. She covers embracing tantrums, the difference between her approach when it comes to tantrums over wants compared to needs, her thoughts on ignoring tantrums, whether or…

  28. Parenting Boundaries: Stop The Guilt Today

    · 36 min · Episode 144

    #144 In this episode, Lisa discusses guilt around holding boundaries as a parent. She covers the difference between pleaser parenting and authority-style parenting in comparison to calm leadership, how to be taken…

  29. Should You Ignore Disrespect From Kids?

    · 32 min · Episode 143

    #143 In this episode, Lisa discusses rude behaviour and disrespect from your kids. She covers back talk, attitude, mean comments, interrupting, and bossiness from kids, along with sharing her top five tips for…

  30. Why Consequences Don't Need To Be Logical

    · 37 min · Episode 142

    #142 In this episode, Lisa discusses consequences and whether or not she believes they need to be logical to be effective. Throughout she covers what age she begins consequences, how she approaches discipline…

  31. Kids Hitting (Why Gentle Hands Often Fails)

    · 20 min · Episode 141

    #141 In this episode, Lisa discusses kids hitting others. She covers whether your reaction matters, what she believes causes kids to hit, what age she sees kids start to hit, her thoughts on gentle hands, how she…

  32. Toddlers Biting Siblings, Hitting, Tantrums & More (Q&A)

    · 26 min · Episode 140

    #140 In this episode, Lisa discusses parenting a toddler. She covers her approach using consistent corrective actions, expectations of toddlers, and why toddlers seem to test boundaries. Lastly, Lisa addresses ten…

  33. Does Your Anger Fuel Your Kid’s Behaviour?

    · 32 min · Episode 139

    #139 In this episode, Lisa discusses the topic of feeling angry as a parent. She covers when parenting isn’t what you had expected it to be, how small parenting wins can help build momentum, and the importance of…

  34. Staying Calm When Your Kid Loses Control

    · 27 min · Episode 138

    #138 In this episode, Lisa discusses the topic of parenting kids with big feelings and emotions. She covers her top three calm leadership qualities, staying calm during the parenting storms, and the variety of…

  35. How to Stop Kids Screaming (Without Yelling Back)

    · 36 min · Episode 137

    #137 In this episode, Lisa discusses the topic of kids screaming. She covers different types of screaming from kids, why she believes kids scream, how she approaches screaming from kids, her thoughts on parents…

  36. What Can You Control? Nature Versus Nurture

    · 39 min · Episode 136

    #136 In this episode, Lisa discusses the topic of nature versus nurture when it comes to parenting. She covers her thoughts on when a parenting approach stops working when parents have multiple children with different…

  37. The Real Reason Discipline Might Not Be Working

    · 42 min · Episode 135

    #135 In this episode, Lisa discusses reasons why she sees discipline not working. Throughout the podcast she talks about the importance of consistency, why connecting with your kids is vital, focusing on actions over…

  38. Why Your Kids Ignore You & Reclaiming Your Calm Leadership

    · 28 min · Episode 134

    #134 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions on kids not listening. Throughout the chat she covers why kids don’t listen, parents feeling like they need to repeat themselves, getting toddlers to listen, whether or…

  39. Can You Avoid Raising Entitled Kids (Steps You Can Take)

    · 37 min · Episode 133

    #133 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions on raising entitled children. She covers why parents raise entitled kids, trying to buy love, wanting to raise appreciative kids, setting up a toy rotation system, the…

  40. How You Trained Your Child To Whine

    · 33 min · Episode 132

    #132 In this episode, Lisa discusses kids whining. She discusses her approach to whining from both toddlers and kids, why kids whine, whether or not whining can go on the BratBusters Behaviour Board, and bringing…

  41. Gaining Back Your Kid's Respect (The Missing Link)

    · 29 min · Episode 131

    #131 In this episode, Lisa discusses her take on getting back respect as a parent. She covers her thoughts on giving respect to get it, addressing attitude, and the difference between common parenting styles. Lastly,…

  42. Frustrated By Your Kids' Behaviour (Turning Things Around)

    · 31 min · Episode 130

    #130 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on feeling frustrated by your kids’ behaviour. She covers repeating yourself as a parent, the lack of support systems nowadays, the overwhelming amount of parenting…

  43. Reasoning With Your Toddler is Pointless: Unpopular Parenting Opinions For 16-35 Months

    · 41 min · Episode 129

    #129 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions around parenting toddlers. She covers her approach to toddler tantrums, actions over discussions, what age she considers toddlers to be, why she believes parents…

  44. Don't Discipline Attitude: Unpopular Parenting Opinions For Ages 3-12

    · 29 min · Episode 128

    #128 In this episode, Lisa discusses her opinions around parenting kids ages 3-12. She covers why she approaches parenting similar for this age group, not paying kids for chores, not addressing attitude from kids,…

  45. Reward Charts Send the Wrong Message: Unpopular Parenting Opinions About Discipline

    · 38 min · Episode 127

    #127 In this episode, Lisa discusses discipline methods. She shares her thoughts on discipline for toddlers and kids, whether or not discipline is kindness, timeouts, reward charts, countdown method, the importance of…

  46. Too Late to Fix Your Parenting? (Changing Your Ways)

    · 23 min · Episode 126

    #126 In this episode, Lisa discusses fixing your parenting methods. Throughout the chat she covers the difference between pleaser and authority styles of parenting, why she believes it’s important to look at yourself…

  47. The Difference Between Tantrums & Bad Behaviour: How to React in the Moment

    · 39 min · Episode 125

    #125 In this episode, Lisa discusses why she believes tantrums are not bad behaviour. She covers her approach to tantrums, public tantrums, whether or not she believes all kids have tantrums, when she thinks tantrums…

  48. Blaming Kids For Defiance & Acting Out?

    · 40 min · Episode 124

    #124 In this episode, Lisa discusses blaming kids for bad behaviour. She covers whether she believes parents should be blaming their kids for bad behaviour, going through the motions when playing with your kids, her…

  49. It's Not the Discipline That Makes Kids Good (It's This Instead)

    · 35 min · Episode 123

    #123 In this episode, Lisa discusses what she believes creates good behaviour from kids. She covers topics including why parents focus on discipline, parents blaming kids for their bad behaviour, why Lisa created the…

  50. Overwhelmed and Yelling as a Parent: How to Move Forward

    · 41 min · Episode 122

    #122 In this episode, Lisa discusses feeling out of control as a parent. She shares her thoughts on parents feeling overwhelmed by the amount of parenting methods out there, the habit of yelling, making amends after…

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