Fix It or Feel It: The Advice Trap in Parenting
From It's A Single Mom Thing by Shepherd's Village
April 27, 2026 · 28 min · Season 6 · Episode 10
About this episode
Sherry explores the balance between offering advice and simply listening to children in parenting.
Send Sherry a Text Message Are you constantly trying to fix your child’s problems…only to feel like you’re missing something deeper? In this powerful and heartfelt episode of It’s a Single Mom Thing, Sherry dives into one of the most common parenting struggles—knowing when to offer advice and when your child simply needs to be heard. “Fix It or Feel It: The Advice Trap in Parenting” unpacks the emotional disconnect that can happen when we jump into problem-solving mode too quickly—and how tha...
People in this episode
Host: Sherry
Topics covered
- parenting
- emotional disconnect
- problem-solving
- communication
- listening
Keywords
- parenting advice
- emotional support
- child problems
- listening skills
- parenting struggles
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