Tantrums & Perfectionism- Podcast #726

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

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

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Todd and Cathy discuss the three different types of perfectionism and why trying to perfect actually backfires and leads to fragility. They discuss why our culture has overvalued the idea of being perfect, the importance of humanizing over humiliating, and they answer a follow-up question about highly sensitive children.

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0:00.0	Here we go. My name's Todd.
0:06.3	Mrs. Kathy.
0:07.0	Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.
0:09.4	This is podcast number 726, while I listen to Zen Parenting Radio, because you'll feel outstanding.
0:14.9	And always remember our motto, which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding.
0:21.7	On today's show, I'm going to answer some questions.
0:24.0	One of my buddies, who has a six-year-old daughter, is wondering about, what is it, sweetie?
0:32.3	I have no idea.
0:33.9	Because I thought we were talking about perfectionism.
0:35.6	No, no, no, no.
0:37.0	Sensitive, highly sensitive children.
0:38.7	As we did last week.
0:39.7	I know.
0:40.2	And it's just a follow-up to it.
0:41.8	Oh, okay.
0:42.5	So there's just a few questions that I want to riff with you on.
0:45.3	And then you're going to talk about perfectionism.
0:47.5	Correct.
0:48.0	But first, we have a big announcement.
0:49.7	Hold on.
0:50.0	Let me do drummills.
0:57.2	It's such a big announcement.
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