This is Good Inside and I'm Dr. Becky.

Today we're talking with Lovey a Jaii Jones about trouble making.

No, not the bad kind of trouble making, the good kind.

I feel like I'm giving little Lovey the lessons that I wanted to make sure I would have received over and over again.

That sometimes I did for my mom, sometimes I might not have.

And how like big Lovey now, I know when I make mistakes,

it's often hard to remove myself from the mistake itself.

It's okay to make mistakes.

You just have to learn and grow from them.

Also, you are bigger than the mistake that you made.

Like you are still lovable.

You are still worthy of confidence.

You are still somebody who deserves grace and compassion.

Lovey's latest book is Little Trouble Maker Makes a Mess.

It's the children's version of a book she originally wrote for grownups and then adapted for teens.

What I love about the book is that it shows us that good kids with good intentions sometimes struggle to make good decisions.

And this doesn't call for punishments or lectures, but for connection and learning.

We'll be back in a minute.

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