Most parenting advice tells you what to do. It skips the part that actually matters — why your child listens to you in the first place. Dr. Todd Corelli is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience working with families. Each episode walks parents through the connection and credibility it takes to raise kids who genuinely want to follow your lead. Practical, honest, and grounded in real clinical work.
Ep. 77: 5 Parenting Habits That Create Disorganized Attachment
Most parents who contribute to disorganized attachment are not bad parents. They love their children deeply. But unresolved pain, inconsistency, emotional flooding, and unpredictability can quietly shape a child’s nervous system.
In this episode, Dr. Todd breaks down the five parenting habits most associated with disorganized attachment and explains why children become emotionally confused when the same person who feels safe can also feel frightening, unavailable, or emotionally unpredictable.
You’ll learn:
• What disorganized attachment actually is
• Why inconsistency is more destabilizing than simple coldness
• How children experience “fright without a solution”
• The hidden damage caused by emotional shutdown, blank expressions, and parental flooding
• Why role reversal teaches children to caretake their parents emotionally
• How unresolved trauma silently transfers across generations
• Why repair matters more than perfection
• The simple nervous-system shift that can begin changing your relationship immediately
This episode is not about shame. It’s about awareness, repair, and hope. Children do not need perfect parents. They need parents who can come back, reconnect, and create emotional safety often enough for the nervous system to heal.
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11 May 2026
Ep. 76: Gentle Parenting Is a Scam. Here's Why.
Most parents trying gentle parenting are not failing because they’re too harsh. They’re failing because they’ve been taught that validation alone is enough.
In this episode, Dr. Todd explains why so many well-intentioned parents end up exhausted, anxious, and stuck in endless negotiations with their children. The issue isn’t emotional validation itself. The issue is when validation quietly replaces authority.
You’ll learn the difference between validating feelings and validating disrespect, why children often become more anxious when boundaries disappear, and how warmth and firmness were always meant to work together.
Dr. Todd also explains:
• Why kids escalate when limits don’t feel real
• The difference between a safe harbor and a doormat
• Why over-explaining weakens authority
• The “flow chart parent” dynamic
• The two-sentence response that holds connection and credibility at the same time
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@drtoddtalks
🎙 Podcast: Dr. Todd Talks — available wherever you listen
🌐 Free parenting resources:
https://drtoddtalks.com
Want more than just tips? My parenting course, Connection & Credibility, helps you build a strong bond with your kids while setting healthy boundaries that actually work. Explore the course: https://drtoddtalks.com/course/
For more parenting insights, visit my website: https://www.drtoddtalks.com
Find me on YouTube at: https://youtube.com/@drtoddtalks
Follow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtoddtalks
19 Apr 2026
Ep. 75: Not Every Explosive Kid Is Spoiled (Here’s How to Tell)
Your calm is the actual intervention.
I've been working with anxious kids for 30 years, and the pattern underneath is almost always the same. Parents are doing everything right out of love, and somehow the anxiety keeps growing. In this video, I walk through three shifts that change that.
What you'll learn:
- Why your child's nervous system borrows regulation from yours
- The "relief trap" that makes anxiety escalate even when you're trying to help
- How to build an exposure ladder that teaches your child's brain it's safe, one small step at a time
- What to say instead of "you'll be fine, I promise"
- A small thing you can try with your child this week
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