About this episode

Dr. Will Dobud discusses the importance of creating conditions for children to thrive rather than focusing on perfect parenting techniques.

A lot of parenting advice sounds like a to-do list. Dr. Will Dobud joins us to make the case for something both simpler and harder: stop chasing the perfect technique and start rebuilding the conditions where kids can actually thrive. We talk about youth mental health trends, why anxiety can rise even when “support” increases, and how easily adults can confuse more intervention with better outcomes. We dig into research on school-based social emotional learning and universal stress man...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Amy Moore

Guest: Dr. Will Dobud

Topics covered

• parenting advice
• youth mental health
• anxiety
• social emotional learning
• child development

Keywords

• parenting
• mental health
• anxiety
• social emotional learning
• child thriving

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stop Teaching Zen to 5 Year Olds (& Other Parenting Advice)

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