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The PedsDocTalk Podcast

"They Called us Exceptional:" The downfall of the model-minority narrative

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The model-minority myth is harmful to our mental health, particularly within immigrant communities. The myth promotes an idealized image of Asian Americans as universally successful, hardworking, and problem-free, which sets unrealistic standards and pressures individuals to conform to a narrow definition of success. I welcome Prachi Gupta to talk about the model-minority narrative and the impact it has on all of us and on the changes needed for future generations. We discuss: How her personal family dynamics led her to investigate the impact of the model-minority myth The mental health struggles that come with pressure from parents Why we need to provide acceptance and love rather than pressure and perfectionism To connect with Prachi Gupta follow her on Instagram @prachigu. For more resources visit the Prachi.co or purchase her debut memoir “They Called Us Exceptional” on Bookshop.org. Hardcover copies are available now or paperback is available for pre-order and out in stores Aug 20. Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and subscribe to PedsDocTalk TV. 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4

Back to School season is coming up fast which means figuring out your family's new daily routines and our family routine always includes fat brain toys both our kids and let's be honest myself included love their toys for over 21 years Fat Brain Toys has been curating and creating quality toys games and gifts that both entertain and

0:18.5

educate. Fat Brain Toys provides a screen-free way to entertain your kids. We love the

0:23.5

Tobles Neo and yes I play with it too. Figuring out ways to balance the

0:27.6

pieces is so fun and works our kiddos cognitive and motor skills. And of

0:31.9

course there's the teeter popper,

0:33.6

which gets our son's physical energy out

0:36.1

and the flip grip and plip links for cognitive and motor skills too.

0:40.0

As a pediatrician mom, I love quality toys and firmly believe that you don't need a lot of toys,

0:45.8

but just the right ones that keep your kids' bodies and brains active.

0:49.7

Go to W.W. dot-brain toys.com slash Peed's dock talk to get 10% off all the items in my personal collection

0:57.3

when you use the code Peed's dock talk at checkout and find out for yourself why Fat Brain Toys is a smarter way to play.

1:05.4

When we're pressuring kids in that way, what we are teaching them is actually that our love is

1:09.7

conditional. I don't think that we see you know parents might see it that way but what that

1:15.6

teaches children is that you get rewarded and you get my affection when you

1:21.2

perform and I pull it away from you when you don't perform in this

1:26.9

way that makes me look good and what we're teaching kids when we do that is that their self-worth comes from their performance.

1:38.0

And when we, when those kids become adults, they don't have the ability to understand that they have

1:44.9

worth and they matter just for who they are.

1:47.3

Hello and welcome back to the show. I am Dr Mona and I hope that you are having an amazing week. I don't know about you, but I am still on an Olympic high.

1:58.0

If you have been following me on Instagram, it's all I could think about and we'll talk about online as well.

2:04.9

And every Olympics come and go and I always say, oh no I won't get consumed.

2:09.1

This includes summer and winter Olympics and somehow I'm glued to my TV watching sports I never have even

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