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Setting boundaries in parenting

For parents and caregivers, from the early years to the teenage years. Practise clear agreements, support during difficult moments and repairing your own response.

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Chapter 1 · 02:14

Feelings are allowed, behaviour has limits

Acknowledge a feeling while stating the behaviour you are limiting.

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These fictional conversations are practice examples, not a tested treatment protocol. Age is a guide, not a fixed measure of skills. Ask for individual support when difficulties persist or safety is at risk.

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1. Feelings are allowed, behaviour has limits

Acknowledge a feeling while stating the behaviour you are limiting.

2. What research can tell us

Distinguish evidence-based parenting support from a single example phrase.

3. Assessing online advice

Consider whether an approach is safe, feasible and developmentally appropriate.

4. A rule or a personal preference?

Examine what problem a rule solves and where choices are possible.

5. From infancy to the teenage years

Match your guidance to skills and support needs.

6. A practical five-step plan

Prepare your response: pause, understand, state the limit, offer room and act appropriately.

7. A supermarket tantrum

Keep your message brief and consider how to safely reduce the demands of the situation.

8. Leaving the playground

Make the ending concrete and help your child through the transition safely.

9. Hitting, biting and throwing

Protect the person being hurt first. Explore and practise an alternative once calm returns.

10. Stopping tablet time

Agree on a feasible endpoint and a stopping plan in advance.

11. Your teenager's privacy

Make transparent agreements about guidance and discuss concrete safety concerns.

12. Bedtime and closeness

Distinguish limits on activities from support with fear or discomfort.

13. Meals without pressure

Explore structure and appropriate support without using food as punishment.

14. Homework and tidying up

Make a task manageable and explore what help is needed to get started.

15. Conflict between children

Limit unsafe behaviour without automatically making the oldest child responsible.

16. Angry and hurtful words

State what language you are limiting and return to the conversation after a pause.

17. Coming home late

Arrange a safe return first, then discuss responsibility and transport.

18. Money, toys and belonging

State a financial limit and listen to the need behind the request.

19. Your child has boundaries too

Respect a no to unnecessary physical contact and model this yourself.

20. Photos and personal stories

Consider what you share about your child and involve them in that choice where appropriate.

21. Additional support

Explore what makes an agreement feasible and when individual support is needed.

22. Proportionate consequences and safety

Choose a related response that is no greater than necessary and protects basic needs.

23. An agreement can change

Explain why you are revising an unrealistic agreement and how the new plan works.

24. Parenting together

Discuss important agreements directly between adults.

25. Repairing your own mistake

Take responsibility for your response without making your child responsible for your anger.

26. When the pattern keeps repeating

Review the agreement, support and your own actions together.

27. A feasible plan for this week

Choose one agreement, appropriate support and a time to review it.

28. Practising three situations

Compare how your responsibility changes across different ages.

29. When to seek help

Identify where to seek support when difficulties persist.

30. Parenting with warmth and clarity

Choose one small change and model what you want to practise.

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What do you say when it becomes difficult?

Each simulation has different routes. See the effect of your choices, repair an answer and finish with a practice plan. The conversations extend the course; they are not literal video excerpts.

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10 min · Chapter 8

The last turn on the slide

Make leaving predictable and support a young child without threatening to leave them behind.

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15 min · Chapter 17

Home later than agreed

Arrange safety first, then make a concrete transport and contact plan with your teenager.

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Sources and further reading

The video discusses research and general principles. These simulations are newly written examples, not a validated parenting intervention. For individual support, contact a suitable local service.

Reflect on your starting point

What do you recognise in your own answers?

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