Dr. Matt Zakreski
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438 appearances
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first heard Nov 2021
last heard Nov 2021
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And you know, I mean, they're still hard conversations.
You know, I can't tell you how many times I've, you know, sobbed after a session like that.
But I tell my kids I would rather have a hard conversation than wish I had.
Right.
One of the things I like to do a lot, and I think parents, this is a good technique, is using what we call meta communication, right?
Talking about talking.
So if this if if you're worried about your kid and you're you're listening to this podcast and you're trying to gear yourself up for this kind of conversation.
One of the things you can say is, Hey, listen, I need to have a hard conversation with you.
I'm scared, right?
I'm worried about this.
This is perhaps outside of my skill set or comfort zone.
But I want you to know that because this conversation is so important, that's why I'm still having it with you.
What that does is it builds a box around the thing we're saying, as opposed to you just sort of kicking in the door to your kids' room and be like, Are you okay?
Right?
Because when when we don't give our kids context, they respond defensively, they they shut down.
Let's not try to have the perfect conversation, big air quotes.
Let's, you know, it can be messy, it can be slightly
Yeah.
But there's an authenticity to that that our kids really respond to.
I I will often say to kids in session, this is hard.
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