Divorce can often be the impetus for changing the way we parent into a new child-centered approach. Dr. Julie Verner is a clinical psychologist specializing in parenting and family life, including divorce and family transitions. As a married mother of four, she brings compassion and understanding to her professional work and a passion for raising and loving the little people in our lives. Besides her clinical work, she helps families through Instagram at Divorce Doodles and her children's books that explore ways to help free kids from big life burdens so they can get back to being kids.On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Dr. Verner joins Katherine to discuss how to relate to your children in an emotionally warm way while still offering behavioral support and guidance through positive parenting. Listen in as Dr. Verner shares why positive parenting works. She offers insight into why divorce is an optimal time to transition your parenting style to help facilitate cognitive and social competencies so your child can succeed in the real world and cultivate satisfying lifelong relationships. Topics Covered What positive parenting is and isn'tThe key to helping children learn to regulate their behavior and emotions for positive livesHow respectful dialog with your children supports their cognitive developmentWhat is an activating event in positive parentingHow positive parenting helps children develop trust in adultsWhy positive parenting is the superglue that creates satisfying lifelong parent-child relationshipsHow to stop being a fixer so your children can learn to process their own feelingsHow to stop projecting your thoughts and ideas onto your kidsThe number 1 thing that leads to permissive parenting during a divorceConnect with Dr. Julie VernerThe Caring Parent:https://thecaringparent.com/Divorce Doodles on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/divorcedoodles/?hl=enConnect with Katherine Miller The Center for Understanding Conflict: http://understandinginconflict.org/Miller Law Group: https://westchesterfamilylaw.com/Katherine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kemiller1The New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorkers-Guide-Collaborative-Divorce/dp/0692496246Email: [email protected] Call (914) 738-7765ResourcesOrder The Incredible Shrinking Girl:https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Shrinking-Girl-Divorce-Story/dp/1949480011/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DXLTCZVH9S94&keywords=the+incredible+shrinking+girl&qid=1644522926&sprefix=the+incredible+shrinking+girl%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting:https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Emotionally-Intelligent-Child-Parenting/dp/0684838656/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11E73NJ7OZ35S&keywords=raising+an+emotionally+intelligent+child.&qid=1655222690&sprefix=raising+an+emotionally+intelligent+child.%2Caps%2C443&sr=8-1The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AK78PSM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1