155: Oh, Crap! I’m a Parent. With Jamie Glowacki

The Art of Parenting

Are you confused by all the parenting advice available? Listen in to hear what Jamie Glowacki has to say about modern parenting.

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Tune in to an animated discussion about parenting and how we might be messing it up. Jamie and I covered much ground today, from gentle parenting techniques to potty training. Let me know what resonated with you the most.

What We Talked About:

• Why gentle parenting might have gone too far

• Jamie’s need to share her potty training technique with parents

• What is the proper way to go about helping children through tough emotions?

• Modern parenting, the impact of overparenting, and how parents can course-correct.

• The importance of giving children the tools to solve their problems

• The balance between acknowledging children's emotions and not over-attending to every feeling.

• The benefits of slowing down and simplifying life

Things to Remember

“Parenting is not a skill. It's a relationship.”

“We have so much information that parents think they can get the perfect solution to raise a happy child, but there is no perfect solution. You have to parent the child in front of you, and that will be different for every person.”

“We are over-parenting in this way of intervening on every single behalf.”

“In some situations, we have to let kids figure it out.”

“We've got to let our kids go back to neighborhood play.”

“Once we bring in the internet, you're letting the entire world into your house.”

“What is exhausting a lot of parents right now, is over attending to every emotion.”

“Potty training is not a measurement of your parenting.” -Jamie Glowacki

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