Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and parenting expert, joins comedian Samantha Bee for an engaging roundtable on modern parenthood. They share invaluable lessons from their parenting journeys, including the need for emotional self-regulation and self-awareness. The duo discusses tackling parenting challenges, particularly with teenagers, and the significance of manageable anxiety in child development. They emphasize the power of morning rituals and relationship healing, illustrating how personal growth can lead to happier family dynamics.
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Parents Set Family Habits
Build your family lifestyle to fit your needs instead of bending endlessly for the child.
Maintaining your habits helps your child adapt while preserving your happiness and quality of life.
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Parenting Is Not Making Kids Happy
Parenting's job is not to make kids happy constantly but to help them navigate life's frustrations.
Overprioritizing immediate happiness fosters anxiety and entitlement in children.
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Manage Yourself First
Prioritize managing your own well-being to respond to your children's needs effectively.
Self-regulation calms parenting challenges and improves emotional response during tantrums.
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In 'That's My Truck!', Dr. Becky Kennedy tackles the common parenting challenge of children hitting. The story follows Charlie, who hits his sister after she plays with his favorite truck. The book provides valuable insights and strategies for parents to address such behaviors while helping children separate their actions from their identity and cope with strong emotions.
Life in Five Senses
How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
Gretchen Rubin
In 'Life in Five Senses,' Gretchen Rubin delves into the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a means to achieve a happier, more mindful life. After realizing she had been overlooking her senses while studying happiness, Rubin embarked on a year-long experiment to heighten her senses and use her powers of perception to live a fuller life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and personal experiences, she investigates how simple pleasures like appreciating ketchup and favorite songs, as well as more adventurous activities like daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, can enhance daily life. Rubin shows how tuning into the physical world can help individuals cheer up, calm down, and engage more deeply with their surroundings[2][3][5].
Good Inside
A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Becky Kennedy
In 'Good Inside,' Dr. Becky Kennedy shares her parenting philosophy, which focuses on building strong relationships with children rather than merely shaping their behavior. The book critiques traditional parenting methods like reward charts and time-outs, which fail to address children's complex emotional needs. Dr. Kennedy provides actionable strategies and troubleshooting for various parenting challenges, such as sibling rivalry, separation anxiety, and tantrums. Her approach helps parents move from uncertainty and self-blame to confidence and sturdy leadership, emphasizing the importance of compassion and understanding in parenting.
The Roundtable Series tackles the subject of parenthood. With parenting expert Dr. Becky Kennedy and comedian Samantha Bee, we discuss the most helpful lessons we’ve learned, big challenges we’ve faced, the anxieties that we sometimes feel as parents, and more.
Happier with Gretchen Rubin 
