This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success

podcast. We all want our kids to grow into healthy, happy, functional adults and be the kind of

people who can build positive things in the future world we're all heading into. But the most important thing

that we can do to support the well-being and growth of our kids is often the one that's

most overlooked in parenting conversations. And that is how to foster empathetic relationships

that start between you and your kid. And that's what we're talking

about how to do on today's show. Are you guys totally loving today's music feature? This is a band

called Mercer, who is based out of Denver, Colorado, where all good

things come from. And they are very active around town. If you want to catch them live,

you can see where they are on their Instagram page, Instagram, let's see, Mersive Sound Project.

And they have all kinds of links where you can buy tickets to upcoming shows.

And also, if you're not in our fair city, you can check out their bandcamp page,

immersiveoundproject.bandcamp.com.

Oh, if only I were still young enough to go to raves, what fun we would have if you guys go see

immersive, you dance on a speaker for me, okay? All right, now on with today's show.

We all want the best for our children, and I think the most important thing for most parents, including myself,

is to have kids grow up into happy, healthy, successful adults who are able to love and be loved

and have positive relationships with other people. And that's one of the conversations

that gets overlooked in all the parenting talk

sometimes. So today we're talking about how to raise empathetic kids and why the relationship

that you have with your children is the key to their life in many ways being full of positive, meaningful connections with others.

In my nearly two decades as a marriage counselor now, I've talked with so many parents about their

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