How to Handle Your Kids Next Meltdown with Kim Hopkins, LICSW

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we speak with Kim Hopkins, LICSW who’s a</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Trainer and Director of Outreach for Lives in the Balance. There she works with parents, educators, and providers to share the research that shows kids with concerning behaviors aren’t lacking motivation, they’re lacking skills, especially those related to flexibility, adaptability, emotion regulation, frustration tolerance, and problem-solving. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about how we often mislabel our kids' motivations for bad behavior as something done for attention, when often, it’s a matter of our kids simply missing skills. Kim share some great examples of times when kids had meltdowns and/or extreme behaviors that were damaging their relationships at home and school, and simply using 3 steps in collaborative problem solving the situations were resolved quickly and the relationship between child, parents, and teachers remained intact. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources We Shared:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.noguiltmom.com/calm-and-happy-parenting/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Calm & Happy Parenting</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Time to get your kids to listen and help out more without the fighting!  This is your complete solution to</span> <strong>shift the responsibility of "doing everything for everyone"</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to your family and to</span> <strong>give you the kind of relationship you want</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with your kids and the entire family!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/NoGuiltMom"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">No Guilt Mom You Tube Channel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Check us out and subscribe to be notified every time we have new videos added for parents and kids!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://livesinthebalance.org"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">L