Why you should aim to be a “good enough” parent, with Tim Cavell, PhD, and Lauren Quetsch, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Being a parent can be tough these days. Dozens of books and articles offer competing answers to questions from how to help siblings get along to how much screen time is too much, and every decision you make feels important. It's no wonder that many parents feel tired, stressed, and unsure of whether they're doing a good job. Tim Cavell, PhD, and Lauren Quetsch, PhD, authors of Good Enough Parenting: A Six-Point Plan for a Stronger Relationship With Your Child, talk about what “good enough parenting” means and why it’s a worthy goal, why nurturing the parent-child relationship is parents’ most important job, why science backs the old adage “choose your battles wisely,” and how to develop loving, supportive relationships with your kids that will stand the test of time. More info: Tim Cavell, PhD, Lauren Quetsch, PhD, Good Enough Parenting: A Six-Point Plan for a Stronger Relationship With Your Child, and Speaking of Psychology home page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Raising children can be particularly challenging these days.
0:34.6	There are dozens of books and articles offering competing answers to nearly every
0:39.6	parenting question you might have, from how to get your baby to sleep, to how to help siblings
0:44.9	get along, to how much screen time is too much, to whether let your tween attend a sleepover.
0:51.2	Meanwhile, every parenting decision you make, even the most mundane ones, can feel
0:55.8	consequential. It's no wonder that many parents feel tired, stressed, and unsure of whether they're
1:01.8	doing a good job. In a recent Pew Research Center survey, 47% of mothers and 34% of fathers
1:09.6	said they felt that parenting was tiring most
1:12.8	or all of the time and one-third of mothers and one-quarter of fathers felt it was stressful
1:18.0	all or most of the time. So as a parent, how do you know which of your choices matter most and
1:23.6	where to focus your limited parenting energy? What's the right balance between keeping kids safe and giving them freedom?
1:30.3	How should you respond when your kids try your patients with whining, sibling fights, or teenage sarcasm?
1:37.3	How should your parenting change as your kids get older?
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