Melinda Wenner Moyer, HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO AREN'T ASSHOLES: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting — from Tots to Teens

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 27 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

"I think making mistakes is a really important part of parenting. It's actually good for our kids when we screw up because it's an opportunity for us to take responsibility." Melinda Wenner Moyer joined Zibby and former podcast guest Christina Hillsberg for a virtual event with the Strand Bookstore to discuss her first book, How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes, and parenting at large. The three talked about why mothers carry so much guilt (as well as how they can start letting some of it go), the different ways anxiety manifests in kids and parents both seeking to do the right thing, and their top tips for raising well-adjusted kids. The three moms also acknowledge that it doesn't take years of research or hundreds of parenting books to be a good parent; all you truly need to do is be a good person.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:28.5	And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi.
0:37.4	Hi. Hi.
0:37.8	Hello.
0:38.5	Enjoy the show.
0:40.9	Melinda Wenner Moyer is the author of How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Asholes, Science
0:45.6	Based Strategies for Better Parenting, from Tots to Teens.
0:49.6	This was our conversation at The Strand, the night of my launch of Zibi Books.
0:56.6	So I was high on the success of that launch day, and I couldn't wait to talk to her and
1:01.8	Christina Hillsburg about their amazing books.
1:06.0	Melinda is an award-winning contributing editor at Scientific American, widely read parenting columnist at Slate and a contributor to the New York Times' new standalone parenting section. How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Asholes is her first book. I'm Zivie, for those of you watching, and why don't you guys introduce yourselves? I know. I'm Melinda. Hello. I'm in the Hudson Valley, so I'm like, what, 60 miles north of Zibby right now.
1:29.1	And one of my children is asleep and one of them's awake and hopefully they won't interrupt.
1:35.3	Hi, I'm Christina Hillsburg. I'm out in Seattle. So I've got a little bit more daylight left here and the kids are playing outside that they are with my husband.
1:44.4	So I'm hoping no one makes an escape.
1:46.6	But to run in.
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