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10/29/2025

Oftentimes when you feel triggered by a conflict with your child, it’s based on split-second thoughts and judgments you’re making about your child, yourself, or the situation that result in you having unpleasant emotions.

If you want to take responsibility for your part in parent-child conflicts, you need to make efforts to identify the cognitive distortions getting in the way of connecting with your child. What evidence do you have for the conclusions you’ve come to? Understanding how you might be automatically and unconsciously distorting reality means you can start challenging those thoughts and begin replacing them with more realistic and helpful ways of thinking.

You have the power to completely transform your relationship with your child—without their help! If you want interactions with your child to get better and feel more satisfying then put the focus on yourself. Assume full personal responsibility for solving the problems in the relationship, commit to keeping your child’s emotional “cup” filled, and you’ll be that much closer to a more connected parent-child relationship.

If you liked today's tips, find out more by listening to the Project Parenthood Podcast episode 735 "How to take responsibility for your parent-child relationship" with Dr. Nanika Coor, Psy. D.

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10/27/2025

You ask, “How was your day?” They shrug. “Fine.”

You then ask yourself: "Why Won't My Child Talk to Me?"

Asking such questions may be a huge cognitive demand, particularly for very young kids. After a taxing day, it’s easier for their brain to default to a single, generic word. Your child’s nervous system also needs transition space. They’ve been regulating themselves in a high-demand environment for hours.

So what can I do instead?

👉🏾 Tool 1: Create a small ritual when your child arrives home.
👉🏾 Tool 2: Rather than “How was your day?” ask something concrete like “What did you eat for lunch?” Or, “Rate your day from 1 to 10?”
👉🏾 Tool 3: Lighten the tone and open space for humor.
👉🏾 Tool 4: Share three things about your day...Then, it is their turn to share three things.
👉🏾 Tool 5: Plan your check-ins every day at the same time.

👉🏾 Bonus: Model self-deprecating humor and developmentally-appropriate vulnerability... You create a space where it is safe and sometimes even hilarious – to not be perfect.

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10/24/2025

You ask, “How was your day?”
They shrug. “Fine.”

And you feel that pang of disconnection.
What if your child’s silence isn’t resistance—but exhaustion?

Traditional “after-school questions” come from a world that prizes performance over presence. But your child doesn’t need a manager. They need a collaborator.
In my new blog, I share 5 simple tools to replace interrogation with connection—using humor, specificity, and play to build lasting trust.

Start tonight.
Ask something ridiculously silly.
Then watch what opens up.

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10/22/2025

Brooklyn Parent Therapy recommends... Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer

Using a synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and Nonviolent Communication, this book offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating.

The techniques in Say What You Mean will help you to:
👉🏽Feel confident during conversation
👉🏽Stay focused on what really matters in an interaction
👉🏽Listen for the authentic concerns behind what others say
👉🏽Reduce anxiety before and during difficult conversations
👉🏽Find nourishment in day-to-day interactions

✨ Let us know who you'd love to read these with or share your favorite communication tips below! ✨

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10/20/2025

Everyday life with children means you’ll often be blindsided by your own rising anger. When you’re well-resourced, many of your child’s challenging behaviors are barely a blip on your radar. But if you’re more depleted, the same challenging behaviors can send your anger through the roof.

Proactive coping strategies for anger lay the foundation for resilience under parental stress, so you can adapt to stressful parent-child situations without reactively lashing out, rejecting your child, or shutting down. Social support, taking care of your health and well-being, and having a regular mindfulness practice are great for parental resilience.

But what should you do if you find yourself smack dab in the middle of an anger surge?
1-Tune in to your body sensations.
2- Listen to your neutral internal ‘witness’.
3- Use self-calming breathing strategies.
4- Make an intentional decision instead of a reactive one.

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10/17/2025

“It’s hard work not to react from a place of being triggered, but acting from anger, resentment or fear will worsen the situation...Your child’s concerning behavior is a signal that what’s being expected of your child has outstripped their current abilities and/or skills to meet that expectation. “ -Dr. Nanika Coor from the Project Parenthood podcast episode, "The Mind Shift You Need to Tackle Your Child's Concerning Behavior"

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10/15/2025

Punishment and imposed consequences lead less to teen behavior change and more to depressed, angry teens who feel bad about themselves, vengeful toward you, and alone with their feelings. They stop trusting that they can let you into their inner world and are more tempted to sneak and lie to avoid your punishments. In short - punishment focuses your child on how “mean” you’re being rather than on whatever misstep they’ve made. 👎🏾

Instead, help teens look at what they’ve done wrong, understand why it was wrong, experience regret for their transgressions, figure out how to make sure it doesn’t happen again, and think about how they can make amends. Developing those emotional life skills is how your child will learn to take responsibility for their actions. 💯💪🏾

They don’t learn those things simply from losing privileges. 🤔
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10/10/2025

Over-involved parenting can stunt a child's development and lead to low self-esteem, entitlement, and poor relationships.

Instead, focus on building your confidence, autonomy, and authority as a parent, and let your child make age-appropriate decisions and hold their own opinions—even if they’re different from yours.

Even if you’ve historically been overly involved in your child’s life, it’s never too late to establish healthy boundaries with them. Start letting your child see you being your own person and taking care of your own needs.

Your child’s feelings are their own, and your child’s problems are not your problems to solve. Sure, it’s hard to see them struggle, but that’s also how they learn to solve problems, to persevere when things are hard, and to be resilient in the face of challenges!
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10/08/2025

🌟 Understanding the Roots of Trauma 🌟

Trauma can be passed down through generations, influencing the way you parent and connect with your children. Make it your business to recognize the different types of trauma so you can break unhelpful cycles of disconnection and create healthier parent-child relationships that build a brighter and more resilient future for your child - and the generations to come. 💛
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10/06/2025

Here are 9 Tips For Building Trust With Your Child Using Validation from Dr. Nanika Coor, Psy. D.

1. Give full attention to your child
2. Focus on your child’s “why” rather than the “what”
3. Reflect back what you hear, avoiding any statements of judgment
4. Give voice to the part of your child’s experience that they’re not telling you with words
5. Be aware of your own non-verbal communication
6. Find the “grain of truth” in your child’s perspective or situation
7. Look for how your child’s thoughts, words, and actions make sense, in light of previous or current circumstances
8. Acknowledge that all of your child’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors have a cause, even if you don’t know exactly what the cause is
9. Treat your child as reasonable and capable

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10/03/2025

I often discuss many topics on the Project Parenthood Podcast, and in this episode with Dope Black Dads, I touched on raising multiracial Black children and how to raise kids with a healthy racial identity.

“There’s also a degree of protection...some parents feel that they’re protecting their children from difficult knowledge...but sometimes they’re telling themselves that to protect themselves from having difficult, emotionally-fraught conversations.”—— from episode “The Role Identity Plays Within Parenting” Dope Black Dads Podcast, 2023.

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Listen to the full podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-role-identity-plays-within-parenting/id1456522027?i=1000610355350

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09/30/2025

Your little experiencing anxiety? Below are some parenting strategies that can reduce their anxious behaviors, from Dr. Nanika Coor, Psy.D.:

👉🏽When your child attempts a new challenge, acknowledge even a partial success and the coping efforts they made to attempt it, even if they couldn’t reach the desired outcome.

👉🏽Respond neutrally and calmly to your child’s anxious behavior—there is no actual emergency. Resist the urge to react with excessive concern or anger.

👉🏽Manage your own distress and take care not to introduce your own anxieties into the situation.

👉🏽During times of calm connection, work on collaborative problem-solving skills and positive parent-child communication that you can draw upon in the heat of your child’s escalated anxious episodes.

👉🏽Use a collaborative and democratic parenting style that makes room for your child’s autonomy rather than an overly controlling, punitive, or permissive style.

🌟 Learn about this and more from Dr. Coor at the Project Parenthood podcast!

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Dr. Nanika Coor| Providing Online Therapy for Parents in New York State

I’m a New York State clinical psychologist providing therapy for parents grounded in the principles of respectful parenting. I help parent process relational wounds from the past and have more fulfilling relationships with their children in the present. Learn concrete strategies for changing negative relationship patterns and becoming a more mindful, conscious, attuned, proactive and non-punitive caregiver. Find joy in being the connected, compassionate and peaceful parent that you truly want to be.