How letting go can benefit your relationship with your kids

Parent educator and expert Kim DeMarchi, MEd, CPE, lets parents know that sometimes it is okay to let go. For more information and tips on communicating with your teenage, hear more Kim DeMarchi.
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How letting go can benefit your relationship with your kids

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In parenting, sometimes we need to let go. We become emotionally charged. Things are getting heated and we just need to step back and walk away. It is time to detach and let go. It does not mean not caring for your child. It is just a choice. Do you want to remain close or do you want to impact the relationship negatively? We let go. We let go in situations where we are telling them to do something and they are arguing no, they don´t want to do it. Ask yourself. Am I willing to pick that as my battle? Sometimes it is not worth it. You just need to let go. if your child is beginning to push you every single time to let go, then you know you are being manipulated but most of the time that is not the case.

Parent educator and expert Kim DeMarchi, MEd, CPE, lets parents know that sometimes it is okay to let go. For more information and tips on communicating with your teenage, hear more Kim DeMarchi.

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Kim DeMarchi, MEd, CPE

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is an Oregon resident, in the United States, with 18 year old boy/girl twins in the Tigard Tualatin School District, and has been an educator for almost three decades. She began her career as an elementary school teacher for 12 years, then worked as an elementary school administrator for 6 years, and then decided to dedicate herself to teaching parenting classes and workshops exclusively. Kim is trained and certified through a program called Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, as well by the International Network for Children and Families, in a program called Redirecting Children‘s Behavior. She also has taken recent trainings in the areas of Youth Mental Health First Aid, Adult Mental Health First Aid, ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences), ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), Trauma Informed Care, Smart Voices/Smart Choices: Parents Talking with Kids about Mental Wellness and Substance Use, and Making the Connection: Stress, Teen Brains & Building Resilience. Kim is active in supporting her local parenting community by providing workshops, classes, coaching families and writing monthly articles for two local newspapers Tualatin Times and Tigard Times. Kim is a monthly guest on KATU's Afternoon Live and an occasional guest on KATU's AM Northwest television show doing parenting segments. Kim also reaches thousands internationally through her close to one hundred 30 minute parenting podcasts found on her website. Additionally, Kim recently made her fifth trip to Asia during the last few years to teach and share her passion in raising cooperative, respectful, resilient and responsible children. Kim’s goal for you is to help reduce conflict, foster mutual respect, and create deeper communication and connections with your loved ones.

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