Raising Capable Kids in the Anxious Generation with Sissy Goff & David Thomas

About this episode

Sissy Goff and David Thomas discuss strategies for raising capable kids amidst anxiety and over-protection.

How do you help an anxious child build real confidence instead of just managing their fear? What if the very thing keeping your kid unsafe is how hard you're working to protect them? Sissy Goff and David Thomas are two of the most trusted voices in child and adolescent mental health today, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries and hosts of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast . With more than three decades combined sitting across from kids and their families, they've become go-to resources for parents navigating anxiety, emotional development, and resilience in childhood. Their new New York Times Bestselling book, Capable , just carried them through a national press tour, including a stop on the Today Show, and for good reason: it takes on one of the most urgent questions facing parents right now. In this conversation, Sissy, David, and Miles unpack why so many kids today aren't just anxious; they're increasingly unwilling to try, and what parents can actually do to build resilience instead of just managing symptoms. They talk through the difference between attunement and over-protection, why "trust your gut" might be the most important piece of parenting advice out…

People in this episode

Host: Miles Adcox

Guests: Sissy Goff, David Thomas

Topics covered

• child anxiety
• parenting
• emotional development
• resilience
• technology boundaries
• confidence building

Keywords

• child confidence
• anxiety management
• parenting advice
• emotional resilience
• technology use
• social media boundaries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daystar Counseling Ministries, Raising Boys and Girls, Today Show

Books & works: Capable

Places: New York

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