Here we go. My name's Todd.

This is Gabi.

Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.

This is podcast number 649, wireless and Zen Parenting Radio, because it'll help you to feel

outstanding.

And always remember our motto, which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding.

Will you tease out the topic of today's show, my darling?

So I think we're going to talk about behaviors that can lead to negative outcomes.

How's that?

Okay.

So basically, we watched a documentary this weekend called Phoenix Rising, which is Evan

Rachel Wood's story about her experience with being abused, traumatized by Marilyn

Manson.

And we, while we may discuss that a little bit, you know, the experience we had with watching

it, it's really about the bigger picture of understanding what happens, what abusers do

to bring you in and the experiences that people have before they are abused, how trauma plays a

role in their life, and how to, you know, what does this have to do with parenting? Everything.

Because there are pieces of this that we can, as parents, be thoughtful about ahead of time in what we're teaching, what we're explaining, what we're sharing with our kids, and also realizing why being hard on our kids and not being someone they can connect with or have a relationship where they feel seen,

heard, valued, it leaves a vacuum for other people to come in and fill that role.

And that can, and again, this is, there is no always and never.

There are lots of different experiences in the mix here.

I just think that we can discuss some language and some challenges that present themselves

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