57: When you and your partner disagree on parenting choices [feat. Dr. Cassidy Freitas]

Mama Knows Nutrition: The Podcast

Kacie Barnes, MCN, RDN

Parenting, Self-improvement, Nutrition, Education, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family

5 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It can feel like you get stuck when you and your partner or co-parent have different approaches or beliefs, especially when it comes to feeding your kids. Dr. Cassidy is a therapist who specializes in marriage and family therapy, and in this episode she provides a framework to use when you need help working through this in your own home. I personally am taking her tips for the next time I need to approach a tricky topic where my husband and I are not seeing eye to eye!

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0:00.0	If you ever disagree with your partner on parenting, actually, I think everybody disagrees on something.
0:07.6	So I don't think that should even be a question.
0:09.9	But today, we're talking about how to work through it when you do disagree specifically on how to feed your child.
0:18.0	Feeding is such an emotional topic and brings up so much history for us and how we
0:24.3	are raised, whether you want to have those same values that you were raised with or you want to
0:29.5	try something different with your child. But what if you and your partner are not on the same page?
0:35.5	In my case, it's like, I think I'm right and he doesn't, but I know I'm
0:41.5	right. I know I'm right, right. Today I talked with Dr. Cassidy, who is a therapist who specializes in
0:47.7	marriage and family therapy. I can't wait for you to hear this episode, even if you don't
0:53.1	disagree on feeding. but there are other
0:55.9	aspects of parenting where you don't see eye to eye. The tip she gives are ones that I'm going to
1:00.9	use myself because she gives a great framework for better communication and understanding.
1:15.6	This is feeding toddlers made easy.
1:19.9	I'm Casey Barnes, registered dietitian nutritionist, and mom of two.
1:29.3	If you want actionable tips to make feeding your little one less overwhelming and mindset shifts to help relieve some of the mom guilt, you are in the right place. Make sure to hit the follow button on the podcast so you can always find it. And now it's
1:35.2	time to chat with Dr. Cassidy. Hi, Dr. Cassidy. Hello. Thank you so much for having me on. I'm so excited to be able to chat with you and
1:47.3	connect with you in this way. Yes, I'm excited too. So you guys, Dr. Cassidy is a therapist and we're
1:55.2	going to talk today about when you don't totally agree with your partner on some things, which I'm sure has never
2:01.5	happened to any of you, right? Will you tell them a little bit about you and what you do?
2:08.5	Yeah. So I'm Dr. Cassidy Freitas. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
2:13.3	I am based out of California, San Diego specifically, but I have a virtual practice where I work
2:19.4	with individuals and couples who live in California.
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