Alfie Kohn
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385 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2018
last heard Oct 2018
Alfie Kohn’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Oh well that's not gonna work with my kid or that sounds good in theory.
People who say that don't actually like the theory either I found.
Um they find some way to dismiss stuff.
In effect what they're saying is they're putting their hands over their ears and going la la la la la
I can't hear this.
So if you're saying, Wow, this is disorienting, this is a challenge, that's the first step to making a shift.
The second thing to do is to talk with others, which is, you know, a service that your conversations are providing, but also if you're lucky enough to have a co parent
to be learning about this working with approach.
Together so that you can sort of keep an eye on each other.
And if not, uh then
other parents in the community where you can say
Oh my god, I felt myself slipping into the usual patronizing pat on the head.
Good job.
you know, which once you start focusing on how manipulative and insincere it is, it's
starts to feel like listening to fingernails running down a blackboard.
But I don't know what to do with my kid who
And then you get
moral support and maybe practical guidance from others who are also struggling with this because all of us, including me, as parent of two children, all of us are on a journey here.
Nobody's got it down.
You can't get it down.
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