Alex Clark

Your teenager is telling you they're not interested in driving.

And your 20-year-old has no desire to leave the house.

What is happening?

Are we crazy or did kids used to be more capable?

Sissy Goff and David Thomas have spent over 30 years sitting across from kids and families in crisis as child counselors.

And they're sounding the alarm.

We are raising kids who feel more supported than ever, but also less capable than ever.

In their new book, Capable, How to Teach Your Kids Strength, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience, they argue something that's going to make a lot of parents uncomfortable.

Your job is not to make your kid happy.

It is to make them strong enough to handle life.

This episode is all about raising not just confident, but

capable kids.

Watch today's episode on the Real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify, and please pause, leave a five-star review before we get started.

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Please welcome Nashville child psychologists Sissy Goff and David Thomas to Culture Apothecary.

You guys are child counselors and you're working primarily with kids eight to 18 years old.

And so the types of families that are bringing their kids to you, what is it that they're experiencing with their children that they kind of need help with?

That's so special.

And how long have you guys been working together?

What was the situation or story that drove you into this line of work?