Dr. John Duffy
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736 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2019
last heard Jan 2025
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So I encourage the parents, well, don't shut that down altogether because do I think he's going to be a DJ or a rapper?
Maybe, but probably not.
But is there some is there a seed of something being sown there that is meaningful to him?
Yes, probably.
You know what I mean?
There's some creative element that he is drawn to.
And if we shut that down, we might be creating more.
more anxiety and more distance than we want to.
So that's where taking the judgment away is super important because if we judge and we assume our child is just being difficult for the sake of being difficult, I think we're missing a big point.
They engage in things because they're drawn to them.
And if we shift our assumptions about what we think our child is about and we kind of follow their lead, they'll they'll show us what they're about.
And one note to parents, you know, there's an awful lot of this stuff where kids are trying to be DJs or, you know, I'm gonna be insta famous or something where parents think like, Oh my gosh, that's so soulless and awful and I I so don't want a child who's involved in this.
Ask your child what they're drawn to about it, and you'll learn that there's something interesting there.
Um, but if you make assumptions, the more and the more assumptions you make, the more off you probably are.
Um I worked with a mom recently and she said um her daughter came to her fifteen year old daughter and said, I'm kind of bummed out um about Sundays.
I hate Sundays.
And the mom thought, I'm going to align with her uh and I'll share that I hate Sundays too.
Oh, I get it, honey.
You know, um that kind of Sunday night blues, you're not looking forward to the week.
But she held back and she's she asked her daughter, Well, what do you mean?
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