The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma}
Formerly the Parenting after Trauma podcast, internationally recognized children's mental health expert Robyn Gobbel decodes the most baffling behaviors for parents of kids with vulnerable nervous systems. If you're parenting a child who has experienced trauma or toxic stress or a child with a neuroimmune disorder, sensory processing, or other nervous system vulnerability, this show will let you know you are not alone. You can stop playing behavior whack-a-mole because Robyn offers you tools that actually work.
You can become your child's expert, feel more confident as a parent, and bring more connection and clarity into your family.
Educators, therapists, coaches and consultants- you too can learn all about what behavior really is and become more effective at helping the families you support. You can love your work again!
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma}
EP 187: Teach Siblings about Owls, Watchdogs, and Possums... Without Excusing!
One way we can support the siblings of kids with big, baffling behaviors is to teach them about owls, watchdogs, and possums (or some way to understand the brain and behaviors) as well as to teach them about nervous system vulnerabilities and ‘overactive’ watchdog and possum brains!
In this episode, you’ll learn
- Steps to take when teaching siblings about owls, watchdogs, and possums so they won’t feel like you’re just excusing bad behavior
- The importance of validating your kids’ experience that the way you parent their sibling is unfair
- A couple scripts for talking to your children about their sibling’s watchdog and possum brain (available on my website by CLICKING HERE)
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Helping Siblings Understand "Unfair" Parenting {EP 186}
- Can I Teach My Child About Their Brain? {EP 114}
- My Child Won't Talk About Their Watchdog and Possum Brain {EP 160}
- EVERYONE Has A Watchdog And Possum Brain! {EP 178}
- Is Understand Behavior Just Excusing It? {EP 109}
- Enabling Vrs. Low-Demand Parenting {EP 144}
Read the full transcript at: RobynGobbel.com/teachsiblings
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