Loryn Brantz is an Emmy-winning author, illustrator, and mom of two, who once built puppets for Sesame Street. Loryn joined Janet on a previous episode of “Unruffled” to talk about parenting a child with disabilities, sharing the joys and challenges of her journey with honesty and her signature warmth and wit. Her new book “Poems … Continued

Janet Lansbury

09.06.2025

Struggling with a Strong-Willed Toddler's Tantrums - Janet Lansbury

This week Janet consults with the single mother of a 2.5-year-old who’s concerned about how she’s handling her daughter’s behaviors. She describes her toddler as strong-willed, smart, intuitive, loving, sweet, and caring, but when she doesn’t get what she wants, she loses it, throwing things, hitting, and screaming. This parent realizes that her daughter’s behavior … Continued

Janet Lansbury

09.06.2025

How to Handle Our Kids' Obsessive Jealousy - Janet Lansbury

Bossiness. Toy taking. Unkind words. Hitting. Behaviors like these are particularly common between siblings but can happen with peers as well, and they’re frustrating and disturbing for us to witness. How to we address them? Separate the warring factions? Issue a mandate? Negotiate a settlement? Perhaps just let it play out? In this episode, a … Continued

Janet Lansbury

09.06.2025

Discipline Isn't Working - 3 Common Reasons and What To Do Instead - Janet Lansbury

Effective discipline can be confusing! It can feel like we’re working so hard to be caring, empathetic, and patient with our kids—and not lose our temper—yet still, the challenging behaviors keep happening. And then when we try to set boundaries, our child has a meltdown that seems to last forever. What are we doing wrong? … Continued

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3 Ways to Lift Your Parenting Spirits (with Loryn Brantz) - Janet Lansbury

Struggling with a Strong-Willed Toddler's Tantrums - Janet Lansbury

How to Handle Our Kids' Obsessive Jealousy - Janet Lansbury

Discipline Isn't Working - 3 Common Reasons and What To Do Instead - Janet Lansbury

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