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Connection First
A bilingual parenting podcast helping you raise connected, resilient kids, starting with you.
Connection First is the parenting podcast for mums and dads who want to raise emotionally healthy, connected, and resilient kids. each week, host Fabiana Coll — conscious parenting coach, writer and immigrant mum — shares practical parenting tips, tools for emotional regulation, and research-backed strategies to help you stay calm and connected.
Tune in for honest conversations about screen time, family routines, sibling relationships, raising readers and how to create a peaceful home environment. Whether you’re navigating toddler tantrums, school-age worries, or just trying to parent more mindfully, you’ll find encouragement, simple strategies, and inspiration to put connection first.
Connect with Fabi on Instagram @connection_first
Or reach out via email at connectionfirst@fabianacoll.com
Connection First
Latest Episodes
#37 Surfing adolescence: how to parent teens without trying to control the waves
The teenage years can feel unpredictable, challenging and sometimes completely overwhelming... but what if we stopped seeing adolescence as something to survive and started seeing it as a wave to learn to surf?In this episode, I share w...
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#37 Surfeando la adolescencia: acompañar a nuestros hijos sin intentar controlar las olas, con Grisel Guerra
La adolescencia puede sentirse como una ola que llega sin avisar: un día tu hijo quiere contarte todo y al siguiente parece que no quiere saber nada de ti. Cambian sus emociones, sus necesidades, su forma de relacionarse contigo… y muchas veces...
#36 Screen Time in Kids: 12 Years of Limits, Mistakes & What Actually Worked
In this episode I sit down with my husband Carlos to share what we’ve learned after 12 years of consciously choosing to set limits around screen time in our home.This hasn’t been perfect — it’s been years of trial and error, learning as ...
#36 Uso de pantallas en niños: 12 años de límites, errores y lo que realmente funcionó
En este episodio me siento con mi esposo Carlos para compartir lo que hemos aprendido después de 12 años eligiendo conscientemente poner límites al uso de pantallas en nuestra casa.No ha sido perfecto, han sido años de ensayo y error, de...
#35 Sex, Screens & Connection: Navigating the Teen Transition with Michelle Mitchell
Let’s break the taboos and start talking openly with our kids about the things that matter.In this episode, Fabiana Coll interviews Michelle R. Mitchell to explore the challenges of parenting during the transition from childhood to adole...