Dr. Becky Kennedy

So I think in these situations, like I don't like that for breakfast. I'm not eating. Or even a situation where my kindle mom is like, I hate you. We almost have this urge to prove and do all of our parenting in like the next 30 seconds. I have to like do all of it. It's almost like I don't trust myself to figure it out. And then we hear someone around us.

So I think in these situations, like I don't like that for breakfast. I'm not eating. Or even a situation where my kindle mom is like, I hate you. We almost have this urge to prove and do all of our parenting in like the next 30 seconds. I have to like do all of it. It's almost like I don't trust myself to figure it out. And then we hear someone around us.

So I think in these situations, like I don't like that for breakfast. I'm not eating. Or even a situation where my kindle mom is like, I hate you. We almost have this urge to prove and do all of our parenting in like the next 30 seconds. I have to like do all of it. It's almost like I don't trust myself to figure it out. And then we hear someone around us.

We hear our parent or literally our parent watching us like, you're just going to do nothing?

We hear our parent or literally our parent watching us like, you're just going to do nothing?

We hear our parent or literally our parent watching us like, you're just going to do nothing?

Here's my perspective on this. Quote, doing nothing on the outside usually means you're doing a lot on the inside. You're regulating your own emotions as an adult versus doing something on the outside, which looks like, oh, you're going to eat breakfast or you can't talk to me like that. No dessert tonight. We're, quote, doing something on the outside, but we're doing nothing on the inside.

Here's my perspective on this. Quote, doing nothing on the outside usually means you're doing a lot on the inside. You're regulating your own emotions as an adult versus doing something on the outside, which looks like, oh, you're going to eat breakfast or you can't talk to me like that. No dessert tonight. We're, quote, doing something on the outside, but we're doing nothing on the inside.

Here's my perspective on this. Quote, doing nothing on the outside usually means you're doing a lot on the inside. You're regulating your own emotions as an adult versus doing something on the outside, which looks like, oh, you're going to eat breakfast or you can't talk to me like that. No dessert tonight. We're, quote, doing something on the outside, but we're doing nothing on the inside.

We're just taking our own frustration and we're like, I don't really want to deal with that myself, regulate that myself. No, it's going to vomit it onto my child. And it looks like something, but it's actually just stooping to their child level and, again, not being a parent.

We're just taking our own frustration and we're like, I don't really want to deal with that myself, regulate that myself. No, it's going to vomit it onto my child. And it looks like something, but it's actually just stooping to their child level and, again, not being a parent.

We're just taking our own frustration and we're like, I don't really want to deal with that myself, regulate that myself. No, it's going to vomit it onto my child. And it looks like something, but it's actually just stooping to their child level and, again, not being a parent.

Doing nothing, it's funny what I always tell parents, why I call it a strategy with a capital D and a capital N, because if someone ever says to you, you're just going to do nothing, I want you to think, no, I'm not just doing nothing. First of all, do nothing is a very difficult strategy to employ. And I am choosing do nothing. It is a choice I am making. It is mindful restraint.

Doing nothing, it's funny what I always tell parents, why I call it a strategy with a capital D and a capital N, because if someone ever says to you, you're just going to do nothing, I want you to think, no, I'm not just doing nothing. First of all, do nothing is a very difficult strategy to employ. And I am choosing do nothing. It is a choice I am making. It is mindful restraint.

Doing nothing, it's funny what I always tell parents, why I call it a strategy with a capital D and a capital N, because if someone ever says to you, you're just going to do nothing, I want you to think, no, I'm not just doing nothing. First of all, do nothing is a very difficult strategy to employ. And I am choosing do nothing. It is a choice I am making. It is mindful restraint.

That is what the best leaders, you think again, the best CEOs, the best professional coaches respond. Again, think about LeBron. LeBron is with a group of kids and you're like, you're the worst basketball player in the history. And he's like, no, I'm not. Have you seen my stats? Can you imagine? You're like, you're so pathetic. What?

That is what the best leaders, you think again, the best CEOs, the best professional coaches respond. Again, think about LeBron. LeBron is with a group of kids and you're like, you're the worst basketball player in the history. And he's like, no, I'm not. Have you seen my stats? Can you imagine? You're like, you're so pathetic. What?

That is what the best leaders, you think again, the best CEOs, the best professional coaches respond. Again, think about LeBron. LeBron is with a group of kids and you're like, you're the worst basketball player in the history. And he's like, no, I'm not. Have you seen my stats? Can you imagine? You're like, you're so pathetic. What?

Versus if he says nothing and someone would be like, LeBron, are you just going to let that eight-year-old get away? That no one would say that. They'd be like, thank you for being an adult and just letting that moment pass. And I think in some ways we all need to like channel. our inner LeBron and recognize it as a sign of leadership, not as letting someone get away with something.

Versus if he says nothing and someone would be like, LeBron, are you just going to let that eight-year-old get away? That no one would say that. They'd be like, thank you for being an adult and just letting that moment pass. And I think in some ways we all need to like channel. our inner LeBron and recognize it as a sign of leadership, not as letting someone get away with something.