That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress

Why Do I Keep Having the Same Arguments With My Child? The Parenting Patterns Behind the Conflict with Latiffe Ghanem, EP 162

That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress

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Send us Fan Mail What if the parenting battle isn't really about your child? Every parent wants a peaceful home, yet many of us find ourselves having the same arguments over and over again. We tell ourselves that next time we'll stay calmer or respond differently and yet somehow we end up right back in the same cycle. What if the problem isn't the argument itself... but it was the pattern behind it? In this conversation, conscious parenting and trauma-informed life coach Latiffe Ghanem shares...

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