is like when a kid is having a hard time, are we looking at them like they're a bad kid doing bad

things? Or are we looking at them like they're a good kid having a hard time?

Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast. Today we welcome Dr. Becky Kennedy to the show. Dr.

Becky is a clinical psychologist and mom of three recently named the Millennial Parenting Whisperer

by Time Magazine. She specializes in parenting and child development with an emphasis on anxiety

and resilience. Dr. Becky received her BA in Psychology and Human Development from Duke University

and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. Her latest book is called Good Inside,

a guide to becoming the parent you want to be. In this episode I talked to Dr. Becky about

good parenting. Raising children is no easy task. As a mom herself, Dr. Becky knows what that's like.

Her parenting philosophy revolves around seeing the good inside every child and seeing the

sturdy leader in every parent. She shares actionable advice on how to repair emotional connection

after conflict, how to reduce shame, and how we can break unhealthy generational patterns. We

also touch on the topics of genetics, resilience, attachment, and self-care. Dr. Becky is awesome.

I really enjoy traveling with her and I really like her no nonsense manner in which she gives

advice to parents. It's not only no nonsense but it's also quite compassionate. She really has

compassion for everyone involved in parenting children and believes in the ultimate good of all

people. So without further ado, I bring you Dr. Becky. Hi, so you're a clinical psychologist

and you get your PhD from Columbia. Very nice, very nice. Can I ask who your advisor was?

Yeah, my advisor was Lena Verdelli. Okay, and what was your specialization then?

Well, I actually started with Sunia Luther under resilience and adolescence and then ended up

shifting. Actually left, it was the whole thing. So then worked with Lena around evidence-based

kind of the different kind of evidence-based and non-evidence-based kind of focused

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