24. What to Do When Your Kid’s Being an Ass!

Listen up mama’s because we’re covering something that a lot of us feel ashamed to talk about, but I will tell you right now I'm going through this exact experience as we speak. I love my kids, and I know you love your kids too, but right now my kids are just straight up rude to me sometimes, and I'm not gonna lie, it hurts my feelings. It does not feel good and I don't really know where it's coming from.    So I was happy to know that you also wanted to talk about this and hear about this because in today’s episode I am talking about dealing with unwanted behaviors from our kids. I talk about my own personal experience dealing with my kids' quirks and their spicy voices, why this is a natural rite of passage and how we can respond to this phase without losing our cool.    In this episode, we cover:

• When kids discover their spicy voice and form their own new identities  [1:54]
• I thought I was the cool mom [6:28]
• This is a natural rite of passage that has nothing to do with you [11:07]
• Teenagers are a self-centered different species and that's okay [15:22]
• Their pulling away has nothing to with their love for you [26:43]
• How to beef up your defenses without adding fuel to the fire [32:29]
• Their raw emotion means they can feel safe with you  [38:52]
• Tips for dealing with your child’s behavior [44:55]

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