“What if Yelling Isn’t the Problem?”
For years, we’ve been taught to parent backward.
We think we yell as a reaction to our child’s behavior. But often, our child’s behavior is their response to our yelling.
The skill I teach parents isn’t how to control the yell, it’s how to get ahead of what causes the yell.
I’m Sue, for 25+ years I’ve taught parents my proven pattern-interrupting system that anticipates behavior, communicates expectations and increases follow-through. We create a family dynamic where yelling and power struggles will finally stop repeating.
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I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Kids, Now I Teach Parents How to Raise Them
Welcome! As a reluctant parent and reformed yeller, I’ve spent 25+ studying child behavioral communications, working with families worldwide and raising our own four kids, including surprise triplets.
I have the wisdom from those years behind me. And now I get to watch four grown kids thrive, live out their own unique purpose and still choose to stay closely connected.
My most meaningful shift came after yelling myself hoarse at four kids and realizing absolutely no behavior was changing. It was wash, rinse, repeat every day until I noticed my kids’ eyes glazing over.
No messages were getting through and no skills were being taught. I went back to school, learned child psychology, combined it with my own instincts and unlocked the answers to parenting!
Changing your child’s behavior isn’t about fixing your child. It’s about changing how you show up.
Most of us have been taught to focus on the behavior: they don’t listen, they argue, they ignore us until we lose it. If we want a different outcome, kids need something different from us to respond to.
That’s the empowering part: you can’t control the choices your child makes, but you can change how you respond: your words, timing, reactions, expectations, and follow-through.
What I show parents is how to simplify parenting and get back to a foundation of basics. Practice self-introspection, ignore the noise and listen to your instincts. This is where your influence lives.
From there, we apply the fundamental systems that are customizable for every age and phase. I’ve honed the process so you and your family have consistency, the responsibility gets handed back to your child and you can stop repeating yourself until you explode!
Parents Tell It Best…
“Sue has provided me with many sage pieces of advice about parenting. Most important, she’s taught me how to keep the lines of communication open with my kids. She offers age-appropriate advice on ways to get my kids to talk to me and has taught me tricks on just how to respond so they keep talking to me. She’s made a huge difference in my parenting style.”
“I wish I could keep Sue in my back pocket to always have her with me! Her insights and advice have helped me every time I’ve not known what to do with my kids. Her ideas are imaginative, real, and they work. With my three kids spread out in age, she has always had a great understanding of every age and phase. She has feedback no one else will tell you and delivers it in a most colourful, blunt, and honest way.”
“Sue has a knack for seeing through details and cutting to the heart of the matter with clarity and humor. She says what I need to hear, not mincing words, and I feel the truth of her insights in my heart. Her perspective and wisdom have helped my journey as a parent and deepened the relationship with my children, which is ultimately the most valuable asset of all.”