How do I combat my need for control as a mother so I don’t hinder my child’s growth?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, I coach Chelsea and address the question, “How do I combat my need for control as a mother so I don’t hinder my child’s growth?” Chelsea is considering homeschooling her son but worries that this desire comes from a place of fear and control. As we talk it becomes clear that Chelsea is struggling not with a need for control but with unresolved abuse.I recommend that Chelsea attend therapy to help process what happened to her when she was a child. This will help her begin to a...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them with tools to find healing.
0:45.1	I'm so happy to welcome Chelsea to the podcast today. Welcome, Chelsea.
0:49.9	Hi, thank you so much for having me.
0:52.6	Oh, my pleasure.
0:56.0	Oh, I'm happy to have you.
0:58.4	What is your question for me today?
1:07.5	My question is, how do I combat my need for control as a mother so that I don't hinder the growth of my child?
1:09.7	Okay, great question and very common struggle. So you're not
1:15.1	alone in that. So tell me more about where that question's coming from. What's going on in your life
1:22.2	where you're feeling the need to have more control than maybe you think is healthy.
1:28.1	Okay.
1:30.2	So I have two children.
1:33.5	My oldest is five years old, a boy.
1:34.2	Mm-hmm.
1:38.9	And he will start kindergarten this coming fall.
1:39.5	Okay. And for a while, I've thought that I've wanted to homeschool.
1:46.0	And I have various reasons.
1:50.0	But there's pros and cons to both homeschooling and public school.
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