Meghan Leahy
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503 appearances
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1 series
first heard Aug 2020
last heard Aug 2020
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I want parents to embrace struggling, not knowing, not having answers.
And instead of turning the spotlight onto how to change my child or I need another list or I need another expert to look inside and say, what is my struggle about?
What's hurting me here?
Right.
Is there anything I can do about it or not?
Okay, my name is Megan Leahy.
And I am a
parenting coach.
I live in Washington, DC, but my clients live everywhere all over the world.
I've been writing for the Washington Post since 2013 or 2014.
I do a weekly parenting column for them.
And I have a brand new book out, which is crazy.
And I have three girls, 16 and a half, 13 and 10, two dogs, one husband.
And I grew up in Delaware, which is an important part of my life because Northern Delaware is a very interesting place and has definitely made me who I am today.
I started as a teacher for gifted boys in an all boys school.
And I was not a great teacher, but I loved being with the kids.
So I thought I'd be a school counselor.
So I went back to school and got my degree in counseling, my master's, and realized that it's a lot of red tape.
And while I was trying to figure all this out, I was having my own kids, and I realized that it's a lot harder than I ever thought it would be.
So I started going to parenting classes myself, started teaching the parenting classes, and then...
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