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Podcast 486: 4 Tips to Raise Empathic Children

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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Mental health in children has just got progressively worse and worse over the years. One of the main reasons is that there's been a massive focus on what we call neuro-reductionism. And our children have grown up in this environment where they are pretty much having their childhood pathologised or misery medicalised. So if you're sad or depressed or anxious, there's something wrong with you. That's the message that we're giving our children. This is not increasing their psychological immunity. We'd love it just to be all wonderful and perfect, but it's not.

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