Amanda Morin
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2,385 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2016
last heard Jul 2025
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It's important to listen to our kids and try not to transfer our own anxieties to them, which sounds like super easy, right?
And now you have to ask me how well I actually do that.
It's not as well as I'd like.
But instead of suggesting things that your child might be worried about, I think it's easier to ask them to tell you what they're worried about.
So instead of saying, you know, are you worried about meeting a new teacher?
You can say, are there any things about going back to school that are making you anxious that you're worried about?
And then to respect that these are real worries for them, even though they don't sound like a big deal to you, is really key.
And then I think the other thing I'd suggest is be careful not to solve a problem that a child's not asking you to solve.
And this is something I've had to learn with having teenagers is I'm very often saying, okay, do you want advice here or do you want me to just hear you?
And I say it in a very sincere and genuine way.
It didn't sound as sincere and genuine when I just said it now, but I really just want to know.
is it about being heard?
Or is it about coming up with solutions?
So I think, I think you take your cues from your child, and then you find ways to hear them, and also help them at the same time.
And I think that that's so powerful.
Giving our kids agency is something that's really hard to do.
But just in the end, we're all trying to raise confident and successful human beings, right?
That's the end goal.
And so giving them as much agency as possible and empowering them, while it's really hard as a parent, I think is going to serve everybody well in the end.
Yeah, you know,
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