Cycle Breaking With Kids - I Believe You

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The biggest confidence builder that you can have with your kid is using the words, I believe you. It's a major act of cycle breaking and intergenerational change to start using that more often with our own kids. Every parent has dealt with kids getting frustrated and then engaging in some kind of inappropriate behavior. What do they need to do differently? Let's just go to basketball,. And like you watch some kid taking layups and they like never make them in, you know? You could be an even better player.

As a clinical psychologist, Becky Kennedy works with parents to raise good kids. She’s best known as Dr. Becky on Instagram, and has been called the "Millennial parenting whisperer" for good reason. Becky and Adam challenge the widespread belief that it’s a parent’s job to make their children happy, talk candidly about the surprisingly difficult task of setting and maintaining boundaries, and dig into the science and practice of helping kids (and adults) deal with the ups and downs of life. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts