Helping Kids Do Hard Things, Strong-Willed Kids, and Growing Through Failure :: David Thomas & Sissy Goff [Ep 522]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today our favorite counselors, David Thomas and Sissy Goff, are back to talk about their new project- children’s books! So much has happened over the last few years and they are beginning to see the onset of anxiety drop to age 6 from 8 years old previously. They created these books to give kids the words and emotional tools to do hard things and decrease anxiety, including a golden retriever feelings chart. As usual, they pack so much advice into every moment, here are some things we cover:

Escape and Avoidance vs. Support and Challenge in parenting
Connect over correction- we lose connections when we try to control the environment
Kids are becoming less resilient- they learn they are capable by experience
How to help an introverted child with friendships
How to be a good loser- turn it into something constructive
How to understand your strong-willed child
Why teen boys are not taking risks

Connect with David Thomas and Sissy Goff:

Website: Raising Boys and Girls
Facebook: Raising Boys and Girls
Instagram: Raising Boys and Girls (@raisingboysandgirls)

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.
0:10.3	I'm your host, Heather McFadion, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:18.9	And in this episode number 522, I am welcoming back to the show,
0:24.0	some of our OG guests, David Thomas and Sissy Gough. I've lost count with how many parents
0:31.1	I've had conversations with Sissy. I likely suspect you have too with who said, you know,
0:35.8	we were out of the habit of going to church
0:38.1	and dropping off at Sunday school feels overwhelming to him or her. And so we just kind of stopped.
0:42.7	We tried it two or three times. It was so overwhelming. And I want to challenge those parents.
0:48.1	Let's get back in the saddle and practice that. Drop off is great. Kids staying home with a babysitter,
0:52.9	why parents go on a date is awesome. Like navigating the discomfort of all those moments is great. Kids staying home with a babysitter, why parents go on a date is awesome.
0:54.8	Like navigating the discomfort of all those moments is where these good things are built.
1:00.7	Kids learn that they're capable by experience.
1:03.1	Yes.
1:04.1	If you've been following along in the podcast for a while,
1:07.4	then you know what a big fan I am of David Thomas and Sissy Gough.
1:12.2	They are licensed professional counselors based out of Nashville, Tennessee, and they have been on
1:18.4	the show more than anyone else has. They have their own podcast now called Raising Boys and Girls.
1:25.1	I'm sure you've heard of it. And so today, we are going to answer your
1:30.1	questions. Also talk through things like, how do we help our kids build resilience? How do we help
1:36.9	introverted children with friendships? How can we help our kids be a good loser? And a little bit of
1:44.1	understanding for your strong-willed child and then we
1:47.1	tackle why are teen boys not taking risks we get to all of that in this episode and if you love
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