Poppie Pod: Ask a Parenting Expert
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Caron Irwin MA CCLS, Parenting Expert and Certified Child Life Specialist, from Roo Parenting joined me for an interview on Instagram to discuss some of the challenges facing parents right now. The discussion was focused on talking to our kids about COVID, wearing masks, and preparing them for medical or dental procedures. We also discuss getting our kids to share and racism.
Recommended Resources from Caron:
Caron shares helpful tips for all things parenting on her Instagram.
She loves the app SimplySayin to help prepare kids for medical or dental procedures like vaccines, blood draws, dental visits and more.
She recommends theconsciouskid for more information on raising anti-racist children.
Caron also loves EvolvedTeacher on Instagram for raising conscious kids
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Below are the list of questions we discuss. I added the times from the video so you can ‘jump’ to a particular question of interest if you are short on time!
3:08- What is a Child Life Specialist?
6:37- How much should we tell our kids about COVID and what terms should we use?
11:49- Tips for getting kids to wear masks?
16:03- How should we prepare our kids for medical or dental visits or procedures?
19:59- How soon before the appointment should we start preparing them?
23:12- How do teachers and parents cue kids to keep masks on?
34:40- With COVID and quarantine, negative behaviors can happen more frequently. Caron shares tips for helping reduce negative behaviors and help kids talk about their feelings.
40:47- Freedom Activities to help kids blow off steam.
41:47- My toddler seems to have destructive ‘energy explosions’ that frustrate me.
47:25- The best free resources on Roo Parenting’s Instagram?
48:14- The importance of rituals for kids.
49:30- How do we introduce and converse with kids about racism?