Parenting Without Power Struggles: Chores, Allowance & Handling Separation Anxiety with Dr. Sarah Bren

Dr. Sarah Bren returns for her third appearance on the Kreatures of Habit Podcast to chat all things parenting, including a helpful reframe for “doing chores,” motivation/allowance, and separation anxiety. Dr. Sarah Bren is a clinical psychologist and a mom of two. She has dedicated her career to translating the science of attachment into simple, real-life strategies for parents who want to support healthy child development while not losing sight of their own mental health along the way.

Dr. Bren is the co-founder and clinical director of Upshur Bren Psychology Group, where she and her team of highly specialized therapists work with parents, children, and families. Her popular parenting podcast, Securely Attached, is ranked in the top 2% of podcasts worldwide and is a go-to resource for parents looking for judgment-free, research-backed information related to pregnancy, toddlerhood, adolescence, and everything in between.

Today, Michael and Sarah explore:

Michael’s experience solo-parenting: 9 days without mom? Spoiler alert, it went really well… but, why?

Tackling chores: When and how do you bring up the task of doing chores to your kids?

Reframing chores: How to motivate your children to help out.

Separation anxiety: Plenty of littles struggle with this, how to address it and how to help them through

What about allowance?: Do we pay kiddos for their efforts?

Parent or not, listeners will glean effective communication skills to use in all areas of their lives. Be sure to subscribe, share the show, and leave a review if you loved it as much as we did! See you next week, Kreatures!

TIMESTAMPS:

1:38 Michael’s experience solo-parenting

8:55 Tackling chores

23:16 Reframing chores

33:46 Separation anxiety

51:08 What about allowance
To learn more about Dr. Bren, visit drsarahbren.com or say hello @drsarahbren on Instagram.