Connected Parenting

About Connected Parenting

Connected Parenting shares techniques that therapists use to help parents soothe their child as well as enhance the parent-child bond and is based on the understanding that correcting and guiding behavior works best when it is preceded by and linked to empathy. At the heart of this parenting model is the CALM Technique which helps parents accurately attune to children’s affect and experience. These empathic interactions release reward chemicals in the brain that stimulate positive emotions and increase order and balance in the nervous system. Reward chemicals, including natural opiates, endorphins, and a powerful hormone called oxytocin, reduce and inhibit stress hormones and bathe the brain in positive emotions that ripple through every cell in the body. The benefits of empathy and compassion have a strong base in science that cannot be underestimated. Simply put, it is brain food, the emotional nutrition all of us need, perhaps our children most of all. Although many parenting techniques stress the importance of empathy, Connected Parenting will show you how to use it skillfully to repair frayed bonds, deescalate tantrums, contain and correct difficult behaviors and help your child to become more confident and emotionally resilient. We use a collaborative and supportive coaching model and provide inspirational, easy-to-understand techniques grounded in neuroscience and attachment. In the end, your child will be more compliant, more relaxed, and – most importantly – happier. Connected Parenting will bring out the best in you and your child.

Publisher

Jennifer Kolari

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2018

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 of 262 episodes have a transcript.

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   23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys [Part 2] | CP274

   Host Jennifer Kolari explores how parents can guide boys toward healthy masculinity, fostering kindness and emotional well-being in this interview.

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   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys [PART 1] | CP273

   Host Jennifer Kolari interviews listeners on building emotional literacy and empathy in boys, offering strategies for healthy emotional expression and relationships.

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   2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Understanding the Dysregulated Child with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge | CP272

   Host Jennifer Kolari interviews Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, exploring how understanding a child's dysregulated nervous system transforms responses to challenging behavior.

Inside a recent episode

Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys [Part 2] | CP274

Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Accountability and shame are not the same thing, right? Accountability says you did something wrong. Shame says you're wrong. These are two very different messages. So let's separate these and let's remember there's two types of shame. There is healthy shame. I feel really horrible that I didn't step in and say something. That's healthy shame. You didn't do the right thing in that moment. It doesn't feel good. You're out of alignment with yourself and with your own integrity. You feel kind of gross that you handled it the way you did. And you're going to try and remember that feeling to help guide your behavior the next time. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

189,374

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

197 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

50 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

99

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