Should we believe that using consequences, threats, shame, isolation etc. is the best way to teach + prepare kids for adulthood? NO!  Today’s Q&A explores how we can bravely work to believe that our kids grow best from our CONNECTION, not our CONTROL. Though our instinct tells us to fix, stop or punish their big feelings + challenging behaviors, practicing powers beyond control with our kids creates a sense of security for them that allows their brains to learn + our relationship to flourish. Can we do this everyday and every moment? No way– this is the ongoing practice and the process of growing up alongside our kids. Why? How? Tune in and download our new free download on the site! Where do you struggle when it comes to this radical concept? If you’re looking for more research-informed reframes and mantras, download our new free guide for ALL of Upbringing’s Keys to Show Up + Grow Up with your sensitive + strong-willed kids! We’re all growing up together. Visit the website: www.upbringing.co Curious about how to align your progressive values with your daily parenting practices? Join our upcoming membership community!  Show Up + Grow Up Club for Coaching + Community Enrollment opens September 19th. Together, we’ll:  ✔️Examine how our childhoods impact our current parenting  ✔️Reframe our kids + our role based on the current research ✔️Learn shame-free, consent-based tools to reduce conflict ✔️Share challenges + wins in community with like-minded folks  ✔️Find confidence + joy alongside our sensitive, strong-willed kids Learn more: https://www.upbringing.co/join Relevant Links: - Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS! - Our Resources Page - Our Coaching page - Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist - Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer - Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law Visit our website, www.upbringing.co to learn more about us and sign up for our newsletter! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.Email us: [email protected] Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.