Lower Your Expectations

Childproof

Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Let's let go, together. This week, Gwenna and Tori dive into the art of lowering expectations, both for themselves and their children. They kick off their discussion with school, acknowledging the struggle surrounding grades as a significant aspect of expectations. While recognizing that grades aren't the sole measure of a child's worth, they can give parents a peek into a kids holistic wellbeing. Transitioning into extracurricular activities, they share their experiences of striving to provide their children with diverse opportunities while also learning the importance of establishing healthy boundaries. Amidst the whirlwind of daily life, they discovered the necessity of showing themselves grace, particularly during meal times, recognizing that ensuring their children are nourished and content is what's important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.2	investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong Hello and welcome to Child Proof by Butches Media. I'm Tori Phantom and she's mama cusses.
0:41.0	This episode is dedicated to all the parents who have ever
0:43.7	scattered snacks on the table and let the children peck at them like a flock of chickens.
0:48.3	And to all the parents who have literally just closed a door on the mess and called it a good job on cleaning the house today.
0:54.5	Today we're going to be talking about lowering your standards. But first we got to set the timer.
1:01.5	So it does admittedly feel weird for parenting podcasters and creators to be like here's
1:07.2	how to be a better parent lower your standards but here we are that's literally when your standards are lower you are automatically better.
1:15.6	It's just a better parent. Yeah. Yeah, just try less.
1:19.2	They'll try harder. Just try less. Like try the same amount but stop putting so much pressure on
1:26.0	yourself. That's that's the key there. That's like it's the balance. We're not
1:31.3	saying give up. We're not saying give up.
1:32.9	We're saying you don't have to hate yourself
1:35.8	about not being perfect.
1:37.5	Well, and when we say lower your standards,
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