Samantha Ettus
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199 appearances
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1 series
first heard Oct 2016
last heard Oct 2016
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And so instead of saying, Oh, they're my kid is having a tantrum, whatever that means.
That's how would we feel if, you know, every time we were upset, our partner said to us, Oh gosh, you're crying again?
You know, just snap out of it.
That makes us feel worse.
But in parenting, we tend to do that.
So a lot of intentional parenting is thinking about, you know, using empathy, but also thinking about what kind of family you want to have, what kind of child you want to raise.
Do you want to raise an empathetic person?
Do you want to raise a child who
feels really connected to their family and trust their parents.
You know, I always say like I was born with an enlarged empathy gene, which is my Achilles heel because it's really hard for me.
to be in an airport or at Disneyland or an aquarium and watch how people treat their kids.
I my heart breaks a few times every hour watching it.
And, you know, some might say that's judgmental, but it really is so sad to me when we don't respond to kids as people and see that they're probably crying for a reason or they're probably acting out because something's really troubling them inside and they might not have
The vocabulary to share what that is.
Yeah.
I mean, what you just shared and my experience in working with parents of differently wired kids is it's so much more critical even that they're the ones that are letting themselves have the date night or the night out with friends.
It's even more pivotal because if you're not
feeling like you have an outlet, an adult outlet, it's really hard to be the best parent you want to be.
And so being a part of all these places and taking care of your own health, you know, we we tend to feel guilty when we go out with friends or go out with our partner or, you know, go to work.
But these are the things that actually make us
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