The Follow-Up: Unlearning and Re-parenting Together

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This episode is personal. My husband and I sit down for an open, honest, and vulnerable conversation about what it means to reparent ourselves while raising our son. It’s a raw look at how childhood experiences—good and bad—shape us as adults, and how we can consciously break harmful cycles for the next generation. In this conversation, we explore: ✨ What “reparenting” really means—and why it’s not about blame, but awareness and healing 😡 How anger, yelling, and emotional reactivity from childhood show up in our parenting—and what we’re doing to change it 🧠 The long-lasting impact of body image comments, even when they seem “harmless” 📊 Navigating comparison, perfectionism, and pressure—especially in achievement-focused households ❤️ The power of modeling emotional regulation, self-acceptance, and growth mindset for our son 🔄 How we still slip up—and how accountability and grace keep us moving forward This episode is for any parent who’s looked in the mirror (or at their child) and thought: I want to do things differently. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being conscious. It's about healing. And it’s about choosing a more connected, compassionate way to parent—starting with ourselves. 🎧 Listen in, reflect with us, and share with someone who's breaking cycles too. Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and ⁠subscribe to PedsDocTalk⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Dr. Mona and you're listening to The Follow Up. The only part of your Monday
0:06.0	that may question your entire upbringing in less than 30 minutes. Today's episode,
0:12.2	it's a good one. I chat with my husband, Gora. We're talking reparenting, aka that plot twist
0:18.2	where you're trying to raise your kid, but surprise, you also end up
0:21.4	raising yourself. I remember after our son was born, my husband and I realized that we weren't just
0:26.3	changing diapers. We were confronting our own childhood stuff in real time, from yelling to people
0:33.1	pleasing, to retreating when we were unhappy, to the comparison trap. It all came bubbling up as parents and in our relationship, in our marriage.
0:41.4	And as hard as that was, it also gave us some much-needed perspective, not just as parents, but as people.
0:47.8	This episode was recorded before our daughter Vera arrived, and spoiler, we've learned even more since then.
0:53.8	But the core message still holds.
0:56.2	You can honor what your parents gave you and break the patterns that no longer serve you.
1:01.3	So if you're navigating parenthood while healing your own story, this episode is for you.
1:06.0	And hey, if this resonates, do me a favor, hit that follow button, download every episode you love,
1:11.6	leave a rating or review, and share it with a friend who's doing the work. Your support helps this podcast
1:16.2	continue to grow and keep these conversations going. Let's follow up. I think when people
1:25.0	hear the term reparenting, an automatic assumption is that there was stuff that was not done well.
1:31.5	And I think me and you can both agree that there are things that we look back at our childhood and say,
1:36.2	yeah, this was really great.
1:37.7	And I love this.
1:38.8	I want to take this from my childhood and implement it as a parent.
1:43.2	But then there's also those things that just didn't really work well.
1:47.0	And you don't realize it until you become an adult.
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