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Back to SearchOptimizing Happiness with Laurie Santos
Episode 183
Every parent wants their kid to be happy and to grow up into a happy adult. But sometimes, a parent's intervention in the short term can lead to thei…
1 year, 9 months ago
Revisit - How Dare You Speak to Me That Way
Episode 182
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. What happens when you want to do things differently than how you were raised and yet the people who raised yo…
1 year, 9 months ago
The "More" Kids
Episode 157
Some kids are just more. More emotional. More resistant. More reactive. Just more. Dr. Becky thinks of them as Deeply Feeling Kids and author and par…
2 years, 4 months ago
Losing my Teen to the Screen
Episode 148
What do you do when you give your teen a phone and everything you were worried about comes true? They stopped reading books like they used to. They n…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt
Episode 145
Social psychologist and author, Jonathan Haidt, joins Dr. Becky to discuss his new book The Anxious Generation. In this powerful episode, they talk a…
2 years, 6 months ago
My Tween is Pulling Away. Is That Normal?
Episode 144
As our kids grow up and pull away, it can feel like they're breaking up with us. This week, Dr. Becky talks to a mom wondering why her son feels so d…
2 years, 7 months ago
Good Inside Parenting is Not Gentle Parenting
Episode 136
The Good Inside approach to parenting is many things but gentle is not one of them. Good Inside parenting is sturdy. And sturdy parenting does not ne…
2 years, 9 months ago
How To Not Raise An @$$h0le
Episode 135
Most parents want to raise kids who are confident, kind, hard-working, empathetic... And exactly no one is hoping their kid grows up to be an entitle…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Overlap Between ADHD, Neurodivergence, and Deeply Feeling Kids
Episode 128
Parenting Deeply Feeling Kids and kids with ADHD can be challenging. These kids really do have more intense escalations and reactions. But there is a…
2 years, 11 months ago
The single most important parenting strategy | TED Talks Daily
Episode 124
Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child. Clinical psychologi…
3 years ago