TPP 081: How to Parent Angry and Explosive Children, with Dr. Ross Greene
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
38 min
2 speakers
8 chapters
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Who is Dr. Ross Greene and what are his major contributions to parenting explosive children?
We we adults greatly overestimate. the degree to which we are astute in our knowledge of what's really getting in a kid's way. And so what this model forces us to do, I mean, if you want to collaborate with a kid, you're gonna have to listen to the kid. And you're gonna have to take the kids' concerns into account. And no, that's not gonna cause you to lose authority, it's going to help you pick up authority.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber, and I'm so excited to share this episode with you. My guest is someone I've been wanting to have on the show since before I even aired episode one, Dr. Ross Green. Dr. Green is a powerful voice in the movement to change the way children and in particular differently wired children are treated. Many parents in the Tilt community know him as the author of The Explosive Child, a new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children. But he's also the author of Lost at School and his most recent book, Raising Human Beings, a speaker and curriculum developer, and the originator of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model.
This model helps parents and teachers and kids work together to solve problems in a way that respects our kids while supporting them and improving their behavior. Dr. Green is also the founder of Lives and the Balance, which aims to provide resources and programs. to caregivers of behaviorally challenging kids, address the issues that cause many of these kids to slip through the cracks, and to promote practices that foster the better side of human nature in all children. This was definitely one of my all-time favorite interviews I've ever done for the show. Dr. Green generously shared so much wisdom and insight for us. I hope you enjoyed the episode. And before I get to our conversation, two quick things.
I often hear from listeners that they love listening to these expert interviews and they sometimes aren't sure where to start or how to apply the strategies in their own lives. Other listeners want to know more about how I apply the principles in our family. So this week I'm launching a new After the Show video series: two to three-minute videos where I highlight key tips. takeaways or give you tips about how to take what you've learned and make it work for your family. So after you've listened to this episode, go to Tiltparenting.com slash after the show to watch the first video where I share three tips for how we use Dr. Green's approach in our family and sign up to get new episodes of the podcast and after the show series delivered to your inbox each week.
Secondly, I have a special favor to ask. I get emails from parents every day telling me that they've just discovered the podcast and are so grateful to have found it because for the first time they feel understood or hopeful or like they found their tribe. So if you are in community with other parents who are also raising atypical kids, maybe a Facebook group or maybe you just know of a few friends who would benefit from this. episode and this podcast in general. I would love it if you could share this episode with them. My goal is to spread these important messages far and wide and grow the community of parents like us looking to change the way our kids experience the world. Thank you so much for helping me.
Alright, that's enough of the intro. Let's get on with the show. Hey doctor Green, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you very much.
Well, it is really just an honor to have you on the show. I think I mentioned this in my email to you when I first reached out about having you on the show, but your book, The Explosive Child, may very well have rescued our family. I bought it when my son, who's now thirteen, was five. And it just helped us so much and gave us a plan and a way to move forward at a time when we just were feeling completely lost about how to handle this intense, inflexible human being.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Dr. Ross Greene and what are his major contributions to parenting explosive children?
0:00–5:04
2
What practical tips does the host share for applying the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model at home?
5:04–10:12
3
How does the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model work in practice?
10:12–15:24
4
What are “lagging skills” and “unsolved problems” and why do they matter for explosive children?
15:24–20:39
5
What are Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C in the CPS problem‑solving framework?
20:39–24:55
6
What obstacles do schools encounter when trying to adopt the CPS model?
24:55–29:45
7
What impact does the upcoming documentary “The Kids We Lose” aim to have on the education system?
29:45–33:48
8
How can parents shift from authoritarian habits to collaborative parenting with their child?
33:48–38:11
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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