Summary of Becky Kennedy's Good Inside

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Becky Kennedy's Good Inside in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Dr. Becky Kennedy, wildly popular parenting expert and creator of @drbeckyatgoodinside, shares her groundbreaking approach to raising kids and offers practical strategies for parenting in a way that feels good.

Over the past several years, Dr. Becky Kennedy—known to her followers as “Dr. Becky”—has been sparking a parenting revolution. Millions of parents, tired of following advice that either doesn’t work or simply doesn’t feel good, have embraced Dr. Becky’s empowering and effective approach, a model that prioritizes connecting with our kids over correcting them.

Parents have long been sold a model of childrearing that simply doesn’t work. From reward charts to time outs, many popular parenting approaches are based on shaping behavior, not raising humans. These techniques don’t build the skills kids need for life, or account for their complex emotional needs. Add to that parents’ complicated relationships with their own upbringings, and it’s easy to see why so many caretakers feel lost, burned out, and worried they’re failing their kids. In Good Inside, Dr. Becky shares her parenting philosophy, complete with actionable strategies, that will help parents move from uncertainty and self-blame to confidence and sturdy leadership.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798350063899

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Summary of Becky Kennedy’s Good Inside

Contents

Overview

We’re All Good Inside

Understanding vs. Convincing

A Parent’s Job

Internal Working Model

Never Too Late to Change

Teaching Resilience

Behavioral Approaches

Reducing Shame

Prioritizing Honesty

Parent Self-Care

Phone-free Time

Flipping the Roles

Taming Tantrums

Sibling Relationships

Defiance and Rudeness

The Meaning of Whining

Dealing with Lies

Regulating Fear

Dealing with Shyness

Building Frustration Tolerance

Creating Better Eating Habits

Teaching Consent

It’s Okay to Cry

Raising a Confident Child

Controlling Perfectionism

Dealing with Separation

Solving Sleeping Problems

Deeply Feeling Kids

Reclaiming Goodness

About the Author

Overview

Good Inside (2022) by Becky Kennedy is an easy-to-understand parenting guide based on the concepts of attachment, mindfulness, and internal family systems. Kennedy, who is both a psychologist and a mom, provides practical strategies to improve children’s behavior while strengthening the parent-child relationship. She discusses principles for parenting as well as tactics for building connection. Her basic premise is that all humans are innately good, and parents should base all their interactions with their children on that underlying truth.

We’re All Good Inside

We are all good people deep inside. This truth should be paramount when we are dealing with everything in life, and especially when it comes to parenting.

Parenting from a good-inside perspective doesn’t mean anything goes, but it does involve recognizing that children are inherently good. How parents behave with children in difficult moments impacts their development, as they learn how to respond based on their parents’ reactions. Rather than shutting down bad behavior, parents should focus on recognizing the good kid