What’s Your Parenting Style?- Podcast #705
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Cathy and Todd discuss the research behind parenting styles and how it affects our communication and even our politics. They also discuss the “Tennessee Three” and how it relates to the difference between generations and how we are evolving (or not evolving) as people and as a country. They share a viral TikTok post from GradSchoolGramma that demonstrates what it really looks like parent in a self-aware, compassionate way, and mindful way. Click here to learn more.
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Time Stamps
1:00 Feedback
3:27 New Team Zen Members
5:46 Zen Parenting Moment- Real, Vulnerable, Pay Attention
7:57 Parenting Styles
- 10:00 Authoritarian
- 12:24 Todd’s least proud moments
- 14:18 Permissive
- 15:54 Uninvolved
- 16:19 Authoritative
20:55 Tennessee Three
29:57 The well speech
38:57 Grad School Gramma
45:28 Four questions
46:40 Pop Culturing
47:43 Avid Co DuPage County Area Decorating, Painting, Remodeling by Avid Co includes kitchens, basements, bathrooms, flooring, tiling, fire and flood restoration.
47:54 MenLiving – A virtual and in-person community of guys connecting deeply and living fully. No requirements, no creeds, no gurus, no judgements
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Here we go. My name's Todd. |
| 0:06.6 | This is Gabi. |
| 0:07.3 | Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio. |
| 0:10.2 | This is podcast number. |
| 0:12.9 | Drum roll, please, 705. |
| 0:16.3 | And why listen to Zen Parenting Radio? |
| 0:18.1 | Because you'll feel outstanding. |
| 0:19.7 | And I always remember our motto, which is the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding. I have a question. |
| 0:26.6 | Do you fade that music out? It's because it sounds real abrupt. Well, I kind of, I faded it, and then at |
| 0:32.3 | the very end, I just turned it off. Yeah. I started the fade. Yeah. It just felt unlawed. And then I got impatient. |
| 0:38.0 | I know. |
| 0:38.5 | I usually do a better job of fading. |
| 0:41.0 | One thing I've noticed is that if we have a show where you feel like you're in a time crunch, you fade that out really fast. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.4 | Did you know that? |
| 0:47.1 | Yeah, I feel rushed because we have two big topics that I want to get to and I got to pick up our kid at school. But isn't that funny that like you're worried about the end so you're going to fade that |
| 0:56.5 | out? |
| 0:56.8 | It's just our brain. |
| 0:57.9 | It's not about a problem. |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, it's just our brain. |
| 0:59.9 | And sweetie, I appreciate that feedback. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah. |
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