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In the 25+ years Janet Lansbury has worked with children and parents, she's learned a lot. She's here to share it with you. Each episode of Unruffled addresses a reader's parenting issue through the lens of Janet's respectful parenting approach, consistently offering a perspective shift that ultimately frees parents of the need for scripts, strategies, tricks, and tactics.
Janet is a parenting author and consultant whose website (JanetLansbury.com) is visited by millions of readers annually. Her work informs, inspires, and supports caregivers of infants and toddlers across the globe, helping to create authentic relationships of respect, trust, and love.
Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at NoBadKidsCourse and JanetLansbury. Her best-selling books “No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame” and "Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting" are available in all formats at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and free at Audible with a trial subscription.
Featured in The New Yorker, recommended 'Best Parenting Podcast' by The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, The Cut, Fatherly, Today's Parent, and many, many more.
Please note: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and advice presented on this podcast by Janet Lansbury and her guests are based on their training and experience. Opinions are offered in good faith but do not constitute professional, psychiatric, or medical advice, neither are they intended to be. You do not have to use this information, and it should not be substituted for qualified medical expertise.
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Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled Wondery

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In the 25+ years Janet Lansbury has worked with children and parents, she's learned a lot. She's here to share it with you. Each episode of Unruffled addresses a reader's parenting issue through the lens of Janet's respectful parenting approach, consistently offering a perspective shift that ultimately frees parents of the need for scripts, strategies, tricks, and tactics.
Janet is a parenting author and consultant whose website (JanetLansbury.com) is visited by millions of readers annually. Her work informs, inspires, and supports caregivers of infants and toddlers across the globe, helping to create authentic relationships of respect, trust, and love.
Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at NoBadKidsCourse and JanetLansbury. Her best-selling books “No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame” and "Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting" are available in all formats at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and free at Audible with a trial subscription.
Featured in The New Yorker, recommended 'Best Parenting Podcast' by The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, The Cut, Fatherly, Today's Parent, and many, many more.
Please note: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and advice presented on this podcast by Janet Lansbury and her guests are based on their training and experience. Opinions are offered in good faith but do not constitute professional, psychiatric, or medical advice, neither are they intended to be. You do not have to use this information, and it should not be substituted for qualified medical expertise.
Copyright JLML Press (2024) All Rights Reserved

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    Raising Kids Who Persist Through Struggles

    Raising Kids Who Persist Through Struggles

    We all want our kids to proceed through life with confidence as they develop physically, mentally, and emotionally. Because we care so much, it can be difficult for us to watch them struggle when faced with a challenge or a new skill. It's especially tough to see them becoming so frustrated that they give up or refuse to even try in the first place, even when we've done all we can to encourage them. 

    In this episode, Janet shares a helpful reframe and actionable guidelines for fostering our kids' healthy persistence, and then responds to some specific situations parents recently shared with her: a child getting too frustrated when attempting anything challenging; a 3-year-old who refuses to draw and insists her parent do it for her; and a 5-year-old who falls apart if he loses a game.

    Learn more about Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" at: NoBadKidsCourse.com.

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    • 30 min
    Frustration, Screaming, Aggressive Behavior – When Kids Aren’t Functioning Well

    Frustration, Screaming, Aggressive Behavior – When Kids Aren’t Functioning Well

    Our kids' behavior can mystifying, aggravating, worrying, and sometimes even infuriating. While the answers for resolving our concerns tend to be specific and unique to each particular situation, there are also general themes that can guide us. Janet explores one such theme in this week's episode and explains how it applies to 3 different situations parents have written to her about. 

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    • 37 min
    7 Tools to Empower Your Parenting

    7 Tools to Empower Your Parenting

    We all experience difficult moments with our kids, and it’s not uncommon for us to lose confidence in ourselves or feel stuck. Need a parenting boost? In this special episode, Janet shares 7 of her go-to parenting power tools, mindsets, and mantras geared to help you focus your energies most effectively and (if needed) make positive, lasting changes in your approach. 

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    • 25 min
    Feeling Unloved, Rejected, Worried About Your Relationship with Your Child? Try This...

    Feeling Unloved, Rejected, Worried About Your Relationship with Your Child? Try This...

    Janet shares a success story from a parent who describes her shame, heartbreak, "the heavy emotional load" she carried for the first 4 years of her son's life as he vehemently rejected her care, preferring his father. After reading one of Janet's articles, this mom began to see her son's behavior in a whole new light and improve her situation almost immediately. "I am now confident that whatever happens—whatever my son will throw at me (even when he hits puberty)—I can handle it." 

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    • 26 min
    Parenting Expectations Have Changed - Kids Haven't (with Maggie Dent)

    Parenting Expectations Have Changed - Kids Haven't (with Maggie Dent)

    If you're the parent of young children, there's a good chance you are very hard on yourself. Australian parenting guru Maggie Dent joins Janet in this episode of “Unruffled” to discuss the unprecedented pressures and challenges today's parents face living up to ever-changing standards set by social media, peers, and even schools. Parents are often left feeling overwhelmed and unsupported. Maggie and Janet share their long view perspectives, experiences, advice, and hope.  

    Maggie shares her extensive resources at: MaggieDent.com. 

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    • 47 min
    My Child Refuses Independent Play

    My Child Refuses Independent Play

    With our most loving intentions as parents, we might find ourselves stuck in a full-time role we never wanted—as our child's playmate and entertainer. In this episode, a mom asks Janet for advice regarding her "bright, busy, extroverted four-year-old girl who loves having my complete attention.” Unfortunately, this parent is feeling she really needs some time to herself, but when she tries to take a break, her daughter is unwilling to let her go and seems anxious and insecure, as if this is a personal rejection.

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    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
446 Ratings

446 Ratings

bohemian_warrior ,

Best parenting expert hands down

Janet has helped me more than I could possibly explain. Her compassionate knowledge offers a beautiful perspective shift to how you’ll parent your kids. Thank you Janet

Moosa87777564 ,

Amazing podcast with practical advice

Janet Lansbury and her podcast has been so helpful for me as a parent as well as a human myself. I love that its not a lecture but full of real life examples from parents. I would give 10 stars if I could.. highly recommended..

AllThingsYogini ,

Great Concepts, No Actual Suggestions

When my child turned 2 I found myself very much in need of some practical advice about how to parent in a way that I’m proud of, and came across this podcast, which is highly rated. I have listened to a few episodes at this point, and find the ideas, theories and concepts presented to be quite lovely and ideal, but have yet to hear any practical suggestions about how to go about actually putting these theories into practice; an element, which if I’m honest, imo comes across as somewhat condescending. The last episode I listened to was someone seeking advice about how to get away from bribing or providing a reward to encourage certain behaviours, and the message of “set loving boundaries” was repeated, but no clue of what the narrator was actually doing or suggesting. I would suggest alternate podcasts if you’re seeking suggestions about actual strategies

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