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Feb 28, 2024

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Reflecting on past parenting choices, the podcast emphasizes the importance of communication and repair in parent-child relationships. A mother shares her journey of acknowledging mistakes and seeking reconciliation with her daughter. The episode also mentions the innovative baby monitor system, Harbor, co-founded by Kevin Lavell.

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Acknowledging mistakes and repairing relationships with children is vital for parenting growth.

The introduction of the Harbor baby camera system offers innovative monitoring solutions for parents.

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Reflections on Parenting Choices

Looking back on their early parenting choices, the podcast discusses the realization of being overly strict and lacking patience with their children. Through a story from 'Good Inside,' where a mom expressed guilt for past disciplinary actions, the importance of acknowledging mistakes and repairing relationships with children is highlighted. The narrative emphasizes that it's never too late to change and improve parenting approaches, fostering connection and understanding with children.

Reflections on Past Parenting Choices and the Path to Repair

4min

In her book Good Inside, Dr. Becky Kennedy shares something that a mom wrote to her. “I feel guilty for all those years I punished my daughter and gave time-outs,” the woman wrote. “I always thought, ‘It’s too late, I messed up my kids forever.’” But of course, as we’ve been talking about, it’s never too late—never too late to change, never too late to repair. That mom decided she wasn’t just going to feel guilty, she was going to talk to her kids about it. “I told my 8-year-old that I’ve learned more about what kids need and that I wish I hadn’t given her so many time-outs in the moments she needed me most. I saw her body soften. I really did. We hugged. It felt really important.”

Well, we can’t make our parents do that. We can’t change what happened then or in the early days of our own parenting journey. But we’ve learned some stuff since then, we’ve gotten better. And so we can repair. Nothing is messed up forever—not if we choose to be vulnerable enough, loving enough, brave enough to try to address it. We can do that. We must do that. Watch what happens when we do.

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