#473 Teaching Your Children How to Say No

Why Kids Who 'Talk Back' Grow Up To Be Better Adults

Topics included in this episode:

• Article mentioned - Why Kids Who 'Talk Back' Grow Up To Be Better Adults
• Kylie was a compliant child. Justin was not. His family encouraged speaking up for yourself.
• "the inability to say "No" — the inability to set personal boundaries — is one of the most common, insidious causes of human suffering." - Clinical psychologist Kelly M. Flanagan
• Our job as parents is to teach them how to say no and push back effectively
• Get curious, not furious
• Kids need to be able to practice being heard
• Kids need to know that we trust them
• Acknowledge that your children have preferences
• Come into the conversation with compassion
• If our children don't feel safe saying 'no' to us, who else are they going to have trouble saying 'no' to?

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