Kirk Martin, Calm Parenting Podcast host, wants to know what troubled kids love about climbing trees. Rather than attending to all "the bad stuff" kids do, Martin asks parents to concentrate on the good. For example, what skills do kids use when scaling up the branches? Do they look up and envision their handwork from branch to branch? Do they talk themselves through the crux? Do they figure it out on the way up?

In the Calm Parenting Podcast, Martin encourages parents to focus on what fascinates kids. He wants them to appreciate kids for who they are rather than battling defiance. Kids show boldness, planning, and strategy when doing things like climbing trees. Martin wants parents to reopen the lines of healthy communication with simple joys. He suggests giving kids a voice again and helping them feel heard. Then they can work through conflict.

In each podcast episode, listeners learn his approach in detail. Martin's real-life examples register with many. Listeners can enjoy ample peace in both family life and the classroom. The host helps families, teachers, and counselors bring calm into kids' lives. Martin explains how to address issues while de-escalating conflict.

Martin explores the issues kids struggle with most. The podcast studies back-to-school stress, tantrums, and afternoon chaos. It examines sibling fights, listening problems, and working with defiant kids. Listeners laud the program as a great help in improving family life and classrooms for all.

Martin has an extensive background working with thousands of diverse kids. He's a great help to parents of kids with sensory processing disorders and anxiety issues. In addition, his work with families worldwide offers cultural inclusivity to the show. This is an excellent podcast for anyone struggling to help a child grow.

Best of all, Martin's tone is empathetic, and he's not afraid to commiserate, at times, with raw emotion. He's struggled as a parent himself. He shares the difficulties he and his wife overcame with their son, Casey. That son participates in the Calm Parenting Podcast, responding to listener emails. Parents can learn from new podcast episodes each week.