6. How To Be Awesome At Not Being a Helicopter Parent!

How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay Dickhout

Business, Celebratingeverything, Dressingyourkids, Makingpeoplefeelspecial, Dressingforyourbodytype, Amazon, Health, Aging, Tanning, Fitness, Specialday, Holidays, Maximizingyourtime, Goals, Startabusiness, Parties, Sunlesstanning, Throwingparties, Buildingabrand

4.6 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lindsay talks about helicopter parenting and how she learned not to be one anymore! Talking about allowing your kids to have small failures to learn, letting them make their own decisions and not solving all of their problems for them. Lindsay is honest about the learning process she’s gone through with this and mistakes she’s made in the past. She’s sharing specific tactics that you can implement today to give your kids more freedoms and allow them to be their own little people. Whether you’re a full blown helicopter parent, or maybe just a little… you’re sure to find some gems of parenting information in this episode!

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0:00.0	On this episode, we're talking about how to be awesome at not being a helicopter parent.
0:06.0	I am super excited about today's topic because it's one of those that I feel like I've learned
0:10.8	the hard way. And I wish I would have known all of this years ago. So hopefully the tips and
0:16.7	strategies we are going to talk about today help some of you take a step back and look at,
0:21.5	what are you physically doing for your kids and what are you allowing them to do?
0:25.8	Are you letting them fail and learn? Are you letting them make their own small decisions?
0:30.9	If everything is done for our kids and every obstacle is removed out of their way,
0:36.4	how are they expected to think for themselves and problem solve?
0:39.6	Today, I'm sharing my perspective on helicopter parenting
0:42.8	and the very specific ways that I adjusted what I was doing,
0:47.4	and it's already made a huge impact on my kids.
0:50.4	This is a full disclosure episode, you guys,
0:53.1	and a no judgment zone.
0:55.3	Let's go.
0:56.0	You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at Everything podcast, where we're obsessed
1:01.0	with life hacks that make your life more awesome.
1:04.4	Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife,
1:09.4	and someone who wants to do things over the top at all times.
1:13.2	This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting to get to her kids one day.
1:19.0	And now it's a podcast.
1:20.7	Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do.
1:25.5	Here's Lindsay.
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