3 Step Method to Calm Parenting with Alison Escalante

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the Gentle Parenting Show, Kim sat down with Alison Escalante, MD. Alison is a Pediatrician, speaker, writer, mother and TEDx speaker. She has reached hundreds of thousands of parents with her TEDx talk “The Should Storm” (watch</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYT7EDi_nOs&ab_channel=TEDxTalks"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">HERE</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">). Alison is an expert in calm parenting and shares her mistakes, lessons and ideas through her parenting journey at</span> <a href= "https://theprimarycarer.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ShouldStorm.com</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim spoke with Alison about her 3-step method to help parents calmly raise their kids and ENJOY doing it. Alison was able to break down her 3-step method and discuss why the concept of “perfect parenting” is damaging to both kids and parents. We will break it down more in the episode but the 3-step method is:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sigh</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">See</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Start</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our favorite quotes from this episode are</span> <strong>“Kids don’t need perfect parents, they need messy human beings who love them like crazy”</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <strong>“the most important information we have when working with our kids is never the expert advice, but we know and what we can learn about our children.”</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>More from Alison Escalante</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you loved this episode and want more, connect with Alison on her</span> <a href= "http://alisonescalante.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</spa