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Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Revisit: Is It Okay To Quit?

Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Dr. Becky

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

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Is it ever okay to let our kids quit? Dr. Becky talks it through with a mom who is questioning herself.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Dr. Becky and this is Good Inside.

0:04.0

I made a choice about how to handle this.

0:08.0

I'm not sure it was the right choice and it's one of the things I'd love to talk to you about,

0:11.0

which is, you know, kind of the broader question of,

0:14.0

when do you let your kid quit something?

0:17.0

So when I think about this topic of quitting,

0:21.0

of stopping something after you've started it,

0:24.0

so many things come to mind.

0:26.0

I think about sports, I think about certain activities,

0:29.0

I think about friendships,

0:32.0

and recently I was talking with a parent

0:35.0

who brought to me their child's sleep away camp struggles.

0:39.0

Dear mommy and daddy, I hate it here.

0:42.0

I've not made any friends, but I've tried.

0:45.0

And if you have even a little love in your heart for me,

0:48.0

please come and pick me up.

0:50.0

We'll be right back after this.

0:59.0

I'm Dr. Becky and this is Good Inside.

1:07.0

I'm a clinical psychologist, I'm a mom of three,

1:10.0

and I'm on a mission to rethink the way we raise our children.

1:14.0

So I recently spoke to a mom

1:17.0

who was dealing with sleep away camp troubles.

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