The Do’s & Don’ts of Emotional Conversations- Episode #757

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

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

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss the importance of emotional conversations with our kids and why we need to pay attention to how we experience and perceive what our children are telling us. They discuss what kids really need from us when they are emotional and how we can support them without absolving or absorbing their pain. They also discuss Friday Night Videos and commercials from the 80’s.

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0:00.0	do do do do to do to do you go my name's todd this is kathy welcome back to another episode of zen
0:08.4	parenting radio this is podcast number wait for it 757 and always remember our motto which is the
0:17.6	best predictor of a child's will-being is a parent's self-understanding.
0:23.1	I'm going to write down some notes because I don't want to forget to say it.
0:26.9	Because we have some ideas on pop-culturing.
0:29.2	I'm going to throw that out in a second.
0:30.2	We do?
0:30.8	Yeah, I have one idea.
0:32.2	Well, and for those who don't know, pop-culturing is our other podcast.
0:35.5	Yeah, that we haven't recorded one in like six months.
0:37.8	We're a little more consistent with Zen parenting radio.
0:41.6	But on today's show, you have been doing certain talks at schools.
0:46.4	Yes, I have.
0:47.3	And there's about parents that show up and are concerned for their kids and so on and so forth.
0:52.4	And you and I had breakfast yesterday morning, I guess.
0:54.6	I said, we should talk about this on the show. Okay. So we're going to talk about how to help our
0:58.8	kids through drama. Would you say middle? I mean, it's in general, but specific. I think it's universal.
1:04.4	I think it's middle school. Maybe like, I mean, some of the things we're going to discuss, I think,
1:09.9	is relevant to all ages. But I definitely think that a lot of the things we're going to discuss, I think, is relevant to all ages.
1:12.1	But I definitely think that a lot of the issues that parents tend to be most worried about are middle school and up.
1:16.9	Okay.
1:17.7	And then the other idea that I think came from you, but you said, I want to talk about how to hold the space when our kids are dumping all of their ickiness of the day on you
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