Terrifying Times, Terrific Kids: What Actually Helps with New York Times Bestselling Author Melinda Wenner Moyer

Raising Good Humans

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week I sat down with New York Times bestselling author Melinda Wenner Moyer about her new book Hello, Cruel World. We explore the fear that drives so much of modern parenting, how to help kids build self-compassion, what the research really says about tech and substance use, and why a little discomfort might be exactly what our kids need to grow.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.1	You know, we think of our job is to keep our kids happy, but that's not what mental health is, you know, and mental health is not about feeling good all the time.
0:11.4	It's about like both feeling the feelings that are appropriate to whatever situation you're in and like having the coping skills, developing the coping skills to manage those feelings.
0:22.1	And we have to give them the opportunity to develop those coping skills through having
0:26.0	tough moments.
0:32.1	Welcome to Raising Good Humans podcast.
0:35.1	I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman.
0:36.5	And today's episode is with Melinda Wender
0:40.4	Moyer, who is the author of Raising Kids Who Aren't Asholes. And her new book, Hello,
0:47.4	Cruel World, Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times is just coming out. So we had a great conversation
0:58.2	touching on quite a few themes from her book. The first one is actually touching on technology
1:06.2	and social media and kind of the nuances of the research. The second topic we talked about is self-compassion
1:13.6	and younger kids and growing that throughout the lifespan. And what a, what an important practice
1:20.2	that is to cultivate. We also talked about surprising research on substance use or rather
1:26.1	research that surprises many parents on substance use.
1:31.0	And lastly, we talked about more of that work we have to do distinguishing between what is
1:37.6	uncomfortable for our kids and what is uncomfortable but necessary for our kids in order to
1:43.7	thrive and grow heartily.
1:46.2	Have a listen. And if you enjoy this episode, don't hesitate. In fact, run, don't walk to write a
1:52.4	little review and give it a five-star rating so I can get it out there into the world.
1:57.7	I think a big theme of what makes parenting really hard right now and maybe
2:02.9	sometimes steers us in the wrong direction. It's just we have so much fear, so much fear. And when we are so
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