you are listening to episode 96,

how validation helps us connect with our children.

Welcome to this episode. I am so excited to welcome back, Dr.

Sige. She was on episode 77 with me where we talked about

biting, hitting and throwing.

She is a developmental therapist who works with children and

families on Instagram as Dr. Dot Sige and she's here today to talk about how we can validate

our kids but also make them listen to what we want them to do. Thank you so much for coming

back on the podcast Dr. Sige. Oh thank you so much for having me. So you do amazing work

obviously with children and families. Why is this topic important to you? Oh I am so passionate

about children and their well-being. We often talk about I want my children to be happy

everybody wants their kids to be happy. I want them to be functional. I want them to be responsive.

I want them to be communicative. So I take it a little further than just happy. I see this

truly as my calling to help children feel all that they're feeling but also function well within

a family and to help parents understand their children so they can guide and navigate them

as best as possible. Well you do a great job of this because on your social media platform

Dr. Sige you present information in such a lovable way. I mean ways that obviously promote

the love for children, child development and you also empower parents. So as a pediatrician and

mom I very much appreciate that you have gone on to social media to share your expertise because

it's so needed in this time you know with all this information all these different you know ways

that we compare in our child. I love the voice that you have and it's so right on in terms of how

I feel about child development too. Thank you so much. But this topic is so important to me too.

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