How To Stop Owning Your Child and Start Guiding Them | Dr. Shefali Tsabary

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Shefali Tsabary reveals why most parents unknowingly parent from ego and how that single dynamic quietly shapes everything their children become. She offers a radical reframe: your child isn't yours to own but a being you're called to guide back to themselves.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:06.0	This belief that parents own their children, right?
0:16.0	Or it's like, these are my kids, right?
0:19.0	When you're constantly choosing to have kids, did those children want to be in this world?
0:24.6	Like when, how did those souls say, I'm choosing to be with these parents?
0:31.6	Do we have that answer?
0:33.8	Yeah, so, Lewis, you know, you're presuming the worldview of a soul, right?
0:39.8	We don't know.
0:40.9	We don't know.
0:41.2	We don't know.
0:42.0	We don't know.
0:42.1	Right?
0:42.4	What we do know is that biology has created life.
0:48.0	Yes.
0:48.6	Now our children are here, and we do know that every child comes with their essence.
0:54.1	You were telling me how different
0:56.0	your twins are. Different. Different. It's crazy to me. It seems crazy to me. Yes. Why are they
1:02.0	different? Like, why is it? Because every wiring is different. And it's so intricate, the symphony of
1:09.0	neurobiology and neurochemistry.
1:12.0	You know, you were asking me about my midlife and how I'm experiencing midlife compared
1:18.8	to my friends.
1:20.3	Why are they experiencing it in one way and I'm experiencing it differently?
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