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Dr. Becky Kennedy

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4869 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

Okay.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

So the first one is just kids don't need selfless martyrs.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

Kids need sturdy leaders.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

And I just think this whole selfless martyrdom, I guess it's not what we want our kids to say.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

Like my 20-year-old kid, oh, my mom loved me so much.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

She ran herself into the ground.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

No.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

My mom showed me.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

She looked like shit my whole childhood, but she was always there.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

Full of resentment.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

I could smell the resentment on her body.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

No, like I want my kids to say, my mom really showed me what it was like to take care of other people and take care of yourself at the same time.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

And now that is something that has been modeled for me.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

So I know it's possible.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

That's what I want.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

think that's right.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

I just think we have to stop calling that love and parenting.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

And then the other side of it, given that this feels so new, is I always say to moms, the most powerful, the best leaders I know take so much pride in education.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

I think about investors going in to a startup meeting with a CEO who says, I just do this by instinct.

Aspire with Emma Grede
Dr. Becky: Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom. They Need a Leader.

I'm never going to get a coach.