Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell
Move past the cycle of yelling and blame to build a home rooted in mutual respect. Learn to regulate your own nervous system while using play and connection to handle even the toughest behavioral challenges.
Like Duolingo, but for Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
51 levels across 6 sections, about 102 minutes end to end, roughly 20 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Breaking the Yelling Cycle, Language Without Blame, The Power of Playful Parenting, Boundaries and Discipline, Repair and Resilience, and Advanced Mastery and Integration. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell
- The gap is a physiological window that can be widened through neuroplasticity
- Physical anchors like dropping the shoulders break the body's stress cycle
- Consistent practice of the pause strengthens the prefrontal cortex's control
- A whispered 'anchor word' prevents the vocal cords from snapping into a yell
- Using a physical 'anchor' word or movement to interrupt the vocal cord's urge to tighten.
- Emergencies require immediate physical intervention for safety
- Inconveniences allow for a micro-pause because no one is in physical danger
- Counting backwards engages the logical brain to quiet the amygdala
- Differentiating between 'emergency' situations and 'inconvenient' ones to lower the stakes.
- The five-second delay prevents the 'amygdala hijack' from dictating the tone
- The 'Five-Second Rule' for cooling the amygdala before speaking.
- Visualizing the future self shifts the brain from survival mode to values-based logic
- Intentional parenting requires viewing the current conflict through a long-term lens
- Visualizing the 'future self' to shift from reactive to intentional parenting.
- Shadow triggers are unresolved childhood wounds
- Early signs like shallow breathing and jaw clenching
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When you feel your body tensing up during a tantrum, which physical 'anchor' helps break the stress cycle?
Get it right to open this lesson and 50 more in the app.
How to learn Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell, step by step
Go in order. 51 short levels across 6 sections, about 1 hour 42 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
Breaking the Yelling Cycle
- The Micro-Pause Technique
- Mapping Your Personal Triggers
- De-escalating Your Own Nervous System
- 2
Language Without Blame
- Replacing Labels with Descriptions
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- 3
The Power of Playful Parenting
- Gamifying Transitions
- Therapeutic Play for Big Emotions
- 4
Boundaries and Discipline
- Holding the Line with Empathy
- Proactive vs. Reactive Boundaries
- 5
Repair and Resilience
- The Anatomy of a Genuine Apology
- Rebuilding Trust After a Blow-up
- 6
Advanced Mastery and Integration
- Parenting Through Burnout
- The Science of the Developing Brain
6 sections · 13 units · 51 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell
How do I learn Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell?
Go in order: start with Breaking the Yelling Cycle, then Language Without Blame, then The Power of Playful Parenting, then Boundaries and Discipline, and 2 more sections after that. On Tomo that's 51 short levels, about 1 hour 42 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell course free?
Yes. Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell?
51 levels across 6 sections, about 1 hour 42 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell?
No. It's pitched at an intermediate level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Gentle Parenting: Beyond the Yell is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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