Want A Resilient Child? Back Off (& Shut Up) Part II #509

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Social Sciences, Science, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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0:00.0	So thank you to everyone who was so patient with us while Case and I were on way on our father-son hiking trip. It was amazing. But you know what the toughest part was? It wasn't the steep mountains. It was sleeping on different beds every few days. I could not wait to get home and collapse into our Lisa hybrid cooling mattress. Since getting our Lisa mattress, we're sleeping longer and better.
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2:13.7	And there's a great message from this dad who said,
2:16.5	I listen to your podcast on the way home from work.
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