Dr. Lindsay Gibson

That is quite literally the American dream that you grow up, you get your education, you find your job, you build a career and you stay in it.

And if you're a loyal, hardworking person, there will be a reward for you at the end.

Now, this has changed so much in the past 20 or 30 years that it almost feels laughable to say it now.

That's what's coming.

Change is speeding up at such a rate that what's going to really count, I think, in the world economy is going to be your ability to adapt and to respond quickly to changes.

and still keep your rational mind focused on where you're going and what the outcome is that you want.

That is something that emotionally immature people have a hard time doing many times because they get reactive and then they panic and then their coping abilities go down.

So if you have a child who has grown up feeling secure in themselves, trusts their judgment,

And so, yeah.

Oh, that's a great question.

The number one, and I put it as number one, is...

Your job as a parent is to go with guidance rather than punishment.

Because your job as a parent is to guide and teach your child about the right way to go and cause and effect.

It doesn't work if you wait for them to make a mistake and then punish them.

What they learn from punishment is that they did something bad.

You're mad at them.

Our relationship is on the rocks.

and I'm a bad person inside.

That's what punishment feels like.

It's shaming.