289: How To Quit The Kiddie Comparison Trap

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We spend a lot of time in the SMA talking about the comparison as it relates to us as women. But we haven’t really dug into how we compare our kids to other kids. I’m noticing as Vinnie gets older that kiddie comparison is A THING. I think some of the kiddie comparison trap stems from the same place as our own comparison trap: our own insecurities, poor self-worth, self-doubt as women and moms - and maybe some guilt, too?? In this episode, I dig into 5 ways to look at your child’s strengths, struggles, and phases a little differently. I share ways to focus on the power of perseverance, problem-solving, resourcefulness, and compassion over disparity, weaknesses, and fitting in. I also encourage you to work on YOU. If you’re comparing your child to other children, you might have some Shameless work to do on yourself. Let me know how this episode resonates with you and how you have seen kiddie comparison traps play out in your circles of moms. Thank you to our sponsors: Third Love: To find the perfect fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase got to Third Love Fabfitfun: To get $10 off your first subscription box (making it only $39.99 for $200 worth of products) go to Fab Fit Fun and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 289. Show notes for this episode, including any links
0:05.6	mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going
0:09.8	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 289.
0:18.1	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.6	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.7	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:35.1	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our
0:38.3	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.6	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. I'm so happy with you today. So excited for like we're fully in
1:04.0	holiday season at my house. And I just, oh, I love the feeling of this time of year. So like nothing can
1:09.8	keep me down when I have Christmas lights at
1:11.8	my house and Christmas playing all the time. Not even the damn dog who, this is so funny for people
1:18.2	who don't actually live at my house, not so funny for those of us who live here, we have this area
1:23.1	rug and we had it cleaned recently. And we had it out of the house for like a month because I was slow in getting it
1:29.1	cleaned because I get this carpet clean so often.
1:31.4	And as soon as I get it cleaned, the dog poops on it again.
1:33.4	And then I have to get it cleaned again.
1:34.5	And it's just this like vicious cycle.
1:36.3	So we get the carpet cleaned.
1:37.6	We lay it down right before we're going to put up our tree.
1:40.9	It looks lovely.
1:42.1	It's fresh and clean. We put up our tree. Everything's decorated for
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