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Dr. Becky Kennedy on parent leadership

The WorkWell Podcast™

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The Goal of Parenting Shouldn't Be to Make Your Kids Happy

A childhood that's focused on kind of being happy actually leads to an adulthood of a ton of anxiety, says Dr. Becky Salomon. "Our kids early years are really all about learning to develop skills to manage emotions in life," she says. When you're an adult, when you still have all the feelings in the world, you either have coping skills for those feelings or you don't.

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