The Dr. John Delony Show Is My Boyfriend a Bad Parent?
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Sep 19, 2025 In this conversation, Jay, a former childcare worker from Austin, explores the challenges of co-parenting with her partner who has a different discipline style. They discuss the importance of setting shared values and emotional regulation in parenting. The episode also touches on the need for mental health awareness in fraternity culture and the upsides of multigenerational living. John emphasizes that relationships should never demand extreme control, advocating for healthy, supportive dynamics.
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Set Clear Parenting Boundaries
- Speak your values clearly when you see parenting behaviors you can't support.
- Refuse to participate in actions that violate your boundaries while offering support in other ways.
Spanking Tied To Childhood Trauma
- Jay recounts growing up where spanking coexisted with expressed love and how that shaped her fears.
- She said that history taught her a man can love and hurt simultaneously, which she refuses to reproduce.
Behavior Change Comes From Emotion Regulation
- Emotional regulation, not parenting books, drives sustainable behavior change.
- Modeling how to step away and self-soothe teaches children more than punitive discipline.
