OG Therapy #142 - "The 3 Books Every Parent Should Read (But Probably Hasn’t)"
OG Therapy Podcast
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4 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of OG Therapy, David breaks down the three most powerful books he recommends to parents—not your typical parenting books, but game-changers that reframe how you see mental health, relationships, and your role in the family.
These aren’t step-by-step “how to talk to your teen” manuals. They’re deeper than that. David explains how each book—The Village Effect by Susan Pinker, Social by Matthew Lieberman, and Tribe by Sebastian Junger—exposes the hidden power of social connection and how it impacts your kid’s mental health, emotional growth, and future relationships.
Perfect for spring break, summer, or anytime you want to become a better parent, leader, and human.
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| 0:00.0 | Do not confuse this with treatment or mental health advice or direction. |
| 0:06.0 | Nothing on this podcast is made to supplement or supersede the relationship and direction of your mental health caretakers. |
| 0:13.1 | Although David Koslovsky is a licensed marriage and family therapist, he is not functioning as a certified mental health professional in this environment. |
| 0:21.7 | And same applies to any professional who may appear on the OG Therapy podcast. |
| 0:27.2 | Welcome to the OG Therapy. |
| 0:30.6 | Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of OG Therapy. |
| 0:33.7 | In today's episode, I'm going to help you parents out there. |
| 0:36.6 | They're trying to get some R&R, a little relaxation, a little time away from the kids. |
| 0:41.8 | But at the same time, you're worried about the kids. |
| 0:44.0 | You want to make sure that you stay on point because you know summer's coming around. |
| 0:47.2 | And everybody knows during summertime. |
| 0:48.4 | It's hard to keep any sort of structure or any sort of a semblance of like a normal life. So to help you guys with this downtime, I'm going to give you guys my favorite books |
| 0:57.9 | that aren't just going to tell you what to say or what to do with your kids. |
| 1:01.7 | It's going to help you see the bigger picture why you should take a social health approach |
| 1:06.2 | when trying to help your kids with their mental health. |
| 1:08.9 | So the books I'm going to highlight right now, I've talked about randomly one of these books in a podcast. I've talked about these books |
| 1:14.7 | when I do speaking engagements. But I've never done a podcast where I highlight these specific books |
| 1:19.1 | and why I think you should listen or read them. I kind of gave away that more of an audible guy, |
| 1:24.0 | obviously. Yeah, if you think that just telling your kids what to do, going to therapy, |
| 1:31.4 | and focusing on the problem is going to give you the outcomes and solutions you want, |
| 1:35.1 | from my experience, it's not likely. |
| 1:37.0 | When I help my parents, I don't usually give them typical, I mean, I can at times, |
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