Hi listeners, Dr. Monica Johnson here. I'm taking a week off from the podcast, but I wanted to

drop an episode of another psychology show here on the Quick and Dirty Tips Network. It's called

Project Parenthood, and you guessed it, it's about parenting. Dr. Mnika Kour is your guide to

raising your kids with empathy while still taking care of yourself. This episode,

on setting boundaries and limits, might be pretty useful for some of you non-parents as well.

If you like what you hear today, you can find more episodes of Project Parenthood in your favorite

podcast app, and I'll see you next week for more savvy psychologists.

Hey parents, you're listening to the Project Parenthood podcast. I'm your host,

Dr. Nnika Kour, clinical psychologist and respectful parenting therapist.

Each week, I'll introduce you to the same respectful parenting practices that I used to help

parents repair and deepen connections with their children. You'll get tips for cultivating more

parental self-compassion, more cooperation from your kids, and more joy, peace, and resilience

in your relationship with them. In today's episode, I'm talking about the pitfalls of striving to

be the perfect parent and the benefits of being good enough. Stick around till the end to hear

about ways to counter parental self-criticism. Almost all parents want the best for their kids,

whether or not they're able to provide it. Parents want their kids to someday be reasonably

content and successful in their adult lives and adult relationships. For parents who had

challenging upbringing themselves, the desire to break that cycle and do something different

can mean holding themselves to higher standards than necessary. You might be particularly hard

on yourself. If your child is unhappy or upset, feeling as though if you'd done something differently,

you could have avoided that outcome. When you hear your own parents hurtful or unhelpful words

coming out of your mouth, or notice your behaving in ways you didn't want to pass onto your kids,

...