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Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

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In the 25+ years Janet Lansbury has worked with children and parents, she's learned a lot. She's here to share it with you. Each episode of Unruffled addresses a reader's parenting issue through the lens of Janet's respectful parenting approach, consistently offering a perspective shift that ultimately frees parents of the need for scripts, strategies, tricks, and tactics. Janet is a parenting author and consultant whose website (JanetLansbury.com) is visited by millions of readers annually. Her work informs, inspires, and supports caregivers of infants and toddlers across the globe, helping to create authentic relationships of respect, trust, and love. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at NoBadKidsCourse and JanetLansbury. Her best-selling books “No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame” and "Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting" are available in all formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you buy your books. Featured in The New Yorker, recommended 'Best Parenting Podcast' by The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, The Cut, Fatherly, Today's Parent, and many, many more. Please note: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and advice presented on this podcast by Janet Lansbury and her guests are based on their training and experience. Opinions are offered in good faith but do not constitute professional, psychiatric, or medical advice, neither are they intended to be. You do not have to use this information, and it should not be substituted for qualified medical expertise. Copyright JLML Press (2026) All Rights Reserved© All rights reserved Parenting & Families Relationships
Episodes
  • It's Never About the Watermelon: What's Really Behind Your Child's Behavior (And What Actually Helps)

    It's Never About the Watermelon: What's Really Behind Your Child's Behavior (And What Actually Helps)
    Mar 24 2026
    When a toddler throws his fork, tips over his bowl, and falls apart over the wrong-sized watermelon pieces — what is really going on? In this episode, Janet responds to a mom of a two-and-a-half-year-old with a new baby just weeks away who describes her son's throwing, hitting, and increasingly impossible-to-please demands. She writes, "This completely breaks my heart and really stresses me out." Janet shares the one simple but counterintuitive shift that can change almost everything. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please support our sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • How Forcing Kids to Do Stuff Backfires (And What to Do Instead)

    How Forcing Kids to Do Stuff Backfires (And What to Do Instead)
    Mar 17 2026
    A parent describes the power struggles he and his partner go through with their daughter to get her to brush her teeth. The process has deteriorated into a wrestling match. While on the one hand, the parents feel it's their responsibility to make sure their toddler's teeth get brushed. On the other, they sense that they are damaging their relationship, perhaps permanently. This dad writes: "Part of me thinks a calm, confident leader just gets it done, but getting it done currently means two adults restraining a screaming, fighting child." Janet offers a different perspective on toothbrushing and other daily routines that emphasize cooperation over control. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please support our sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • The Joy of a Self-Entertained Toddler (Yes, It's Possible!)

    The Joy of a Self-Entertained Toddler (Yes, It's Possible!)
    Mar 10 2026
    In a previous 'Unruffled' episode, a parent reached out to Janet with concerns about her then 8-month-old son's play . "If I leave the room, he stands at the gate and screams and cries, even if he can see me and we are chatting." She wondered, "Should I work on doing some exposure therapy, so to speak, leaving the room for short periods of time.. ?" Janet suggested a more organic, relationship-centered approach, and then had a back and forth with this mom. Now, nearly two years later, the mom has written back with an update describing her learning curve and her process. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please support our sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
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This entire podcast is always in my back pocket when I need help. I turn to you and your gentle approach and child centered views instead of calling my mother for help. You have gotten me through the foggy postpartum days helping me see that I am not alone, through teething and milestones, to bedtimes and potty training, some tricky behaviors and the occasional self doubt - you really have been one of my best mom friends during the loneliest times and pandemic. The one thing I take away from this podcast time and time again is often times the problem is me... it is my expectation of how I want things to go or my child to behave and often times it is my discomfort that is the problem, to let my child feel their feelings and THAT is normal and I need to regulate myself to be the calm one they look to. Moments when they get upset with me, I know those are moments when I am being the BEST parent, setting boundaries and teaching them what is acceptable behavior. You helped heal my inner child and also break some generational cycles. Thank you for your endless work and spreading your passion for Magda Gerber's work.

Would be lost without you!

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I’m amazed at how in tune Janet is with her listeners and our children. She knows exactly how to explain dilemmas and solutions in an easy to follow, easy to understand way. I listen to every single episode but this one especially helped expand my view as a parent and care giver to my child. Please please please listen if you care for children. This will change how you treat yourself, your children and people you come in contact with which will only add to making our world a happier, better place.

Whatever issue is coming up with my kids happens to be what Janet touches on in her current podcasts

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Janet is my go-to resource for parenting advice for my toddler. So grateful for her wisdom and expertise

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I am looking forward to apply this method with my 4 year old. We have not been very pushy but now I know what to apply and what things are not helpful.

Respectful method

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just what I needed to hear as always with Janet Lansbury. I gain more and more with every excerpt and audio she has. Thank you for sharing and putting things in perspective as well as giving examples and dialog I can use. ❤️

So helpful

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