Why Gentle Parenting Is Making Your Kids More Anxious (And What To Do Instead)
About this episode
Efrat Amira discusses the potential negative effects of gentle parenting on children's anxiety and offers alternative approaches.
Sign up for my upcoming free online workshop: Grit Starts at Home:https://www.efratamira.com/grittykids👉 Join The Parenting Wisdom Community FB group for weekly Parenting Q&A:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17mDYDmSNa/We live in a parenting culture that puts feelings on a pedestal. Validate every emotion. Name it. Sit with it. Never dismiss it.But what if that approach — as well-intentioned as it is — is actually producing kids who are more anxious, more self-focused, and increasingly disconnected from their purpose?In this episode I'm tackling one of the most sacred cows of modern parenting: the idea that we should always trust our feelings and center our children's emotional experience above everything else. I'll show you what the research says, what ancient Jewish wisdom understood long before modern therapy, and one practical shift you can make today.In This Episode You'll LearnWhy two landmark books — The Coddling of the American Mind and Bad Therapy — are sounding the alarm about the way we talk to kids about feelingsThe difference between wanted and unwanted emotions — and why this distinction changes everything about how you respond to your childWhat Jewish…
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