Ep 89: Let’s Talk About Uncomfortable Topics with Our Kids with Dr. Becky Kennedy
Move With Heart
Melissa Wood-Tepperberg
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Melissa dives into the world of parenting with Dr. Becky Kennedy, exploring what it means to raise kids with compassion and firmness. They unpack the cultural trend of mocking gentle parenting and instead talk about the strength it takes to parent with steady guidance. Becky shares her experience raising a "DFK" (deeply feeling kid) and offers advice on how to connect and communicate with them. Together, they tackle topics like handling conflict, navigating moments of frustration, and the importance of "repairing" not just with our kids, but with ourselves, too. They discuss the tricky balance of allowing kids screen time, and the necessity of having open conversations about tough topics like sex, death, and understanding what feels good or bad in our bodies. Plus, Dr. Becky shares insights from her memorable sit-down with Oprah and gives a sneak peek into her upcoming courses and her text help line for parents seeking support.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Melissa Wood-Teperberg, and this is the Move with Heart podcast. |
| 0:07.8 | Are you ready? |
| 0:09.9 | And just breathe it all in. |
| 0:11.7 | I want to talk. |
| 0:12.6 | I can't lie. |
| 0:14.5 | I was like, it's going to be short, sweet, and very spicy. |
| 0:19.8 | And we're going to get right into it because apparently somebody think I talk too much. |
| 0:27.4 | Okay, Dr. Becky, we're going to rip off the Band-Aid and go there on all things. |
| 0:34.1 | I just feel like deeper. |
| 0:35.6 | Like the more I get to know you and I've gotten to know you, |
| 0:38.3 | it always just changes the energy with a person and I feel just opens up like that safe space |
| 0:44.5 | to talk about a lot of difficult things. Well, thank you. And talking about difficult, |
| 0:51.2 | tricky, weird, truthful things is like honestly the space I like to be in. |
| 0:56.9 | Me too. Let's do it. I know. Right? Yeah. I'm like the things that make people uncomfortable, |
| 1:03.0 | I'm just like, let's please, let's talk about it. Let's get underneath it. Let's uncover all |
| 1:10.7 | the things. |
| 1:11.7 | Because one of my team members said something today, and she's not a mother, but she said, |
| 1:17.9 | she learned so much from your episode and to just like apply it to life and how to handle our big emotions. |
| 1:29.0 | And you know, it even made me think about kids who have parents who struggle with |
| 1:36.6 | handling their own big feelings and their emotions. |
| 1:40.1 | And it was such a beautiful thing to hear because I do feel that the work that you share is really all-encompassing, whether you're a parent or not. |
| 1:50.0 | And it's just like these skills and tools that you share are things like we can all apply to our life. |
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