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Good Inside with Dr. Becky

My Kid is Scared to Try Anything New

Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Dr. Becky

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education, Relationships, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Becky talks to a mom about her teenage son who is slow to warm up to new groups and doesn't want to try new things.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What do when you do when you have a kid who's kind of slow to warm up and hesitant about doing almost anything new?

0:10.0

I don't want to go to that birthday party. I don't want a play date. I don't even like soccer.

0:14.6

And yet, whenever you help them actually get to those activities,

0:20.3

they generally have a really good time. This is a scenario that I was in over and

0:27.9

over again with one of my kids and today I'm talking to a mom about this exact situation. I am so excited for you to hear the

0:36.0

conversation and for you to hear one of my favorite strategies that truly did

0:41.7

start to shift things with my kid who used to be pretty

0:44.8

slow to warm up. I'm Dr. Becky and this is good inside. We'll be back right

0:50.8

after this. until I realized how much has to come together for a trip with two adults and three kids.

1:05.9

We need to pick a destination, research activities that somehow work for a tween and a first grader,

1:11.9

find a place big enough for all of us to stay and the list just goes on.

1:15.4

Then I discovered Airbnb guest favorites. Real talk. My to-do list was cut in half.

1:21.5

No more combing through options, reviews, and features.

1:24.0

Guest favorites are the most loved homes on Airbnb according to other real guests,

1:29.0

and that piece of mind when preparing for a trip is huge.

1:32.0

Using guest favorites couldn't be easier. of mine when preparing for a trip is huge.

1:33.0

Using guest favorites couldn't be easier.

1:35.0

Just go to Airbnb, add your destination,

1:37.6

tap the filters, and hit the toggle for guest favorites.

1:40.6

It's that simple.

1:46.0

Let's just jump in. Tell me a little bit what's on your mind.

1:49.0

I've just been sort of struggling with something with my oldest son. He's 14 years old, he's in

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