My Number One Job as a Parent Is Not to Make You Happy

Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Dr. Becky

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

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On today's episode, Dr. Becky addresses the struggle that many parents face: how to say no to their kids.

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0:00.0	Over and over I hear the same thing from parents.
0:08.1	Dr. Becky, I can't say no to my kid and I know part of my role is to say no to my
0:16.8	kid or set boundaries for my kid and I know it's not good for my kid to like be
0:22.0	happy all the time but whatever I know it's not good for my kid to be happy all the time, but whatever I know in my brain
0:26.4	does not come up in my body in the moment my kid makes a request,
0:31.5	and I need help saying no. Okay, this is seriously one of my
0:36.4	favorite topics and so many of you submitted scenarios and questions and I just
0:41.9	want to say thank you. I want to let you know you're not alone. just want to say thank you.
0:42.8	I want to let you know you're not alone.
0:44.4	I want to say you're so brave to look at something
0:46.5	and say, this is hard for me.
0:48.3	How amazing, that's always the first step of change.
0:50.4	And that's also the hardest steps.
0:51.7	So you already did that. and so we are going to
0:54.4	hear from three parents today who share scenarios that I know are happening in your
0:59.2	home as well and then we're going to problem solve together. So if you're a parent who struggles to say no,
1:05.0	which by the way comes from a good reason
1:07.0	and we're going to get into that.
1:08.0	I promise you're going to end today
1:10.0	with concrete strategies that are going to feel good to start experimenting with in your home.
1:16.7	I'm Dr. Becky and this is good inside. We'll be right back. So recently my family took a weekend trip out of the city and we booked a place on
1:29.1	Airbnb and I noticed something I wanted to share with you.
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