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Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting

Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting

FromFeeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Today's Teens


Episode 128: "Good Enough" Parenting

FromFeeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Today's Teens

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jan 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the 1950s, British pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott introduced the concept of "good enough" parenting and Dr. Ken thinks it's time we brought it back! Parents worry so much about doing parenting "right" and put a lot of pressure on themselves. Even worse, there's this idea that maybe there's some book that you haven't read that tells you how to raise your kids "the right way." Dr. Ken doesn't believe that "perfect parenting" book exists and "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" is not that book either. All parents do things they shouldn't have done and fail to do things they should have done and yet they've done their job well enough for their kids to succeed. Parents' over-focus on their own parenting failures runs the risk of disrespecting their teens who are old enough to make their own mistakes.

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Released:
Jan 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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A weekly podcast on parenting teens and launching them into the world with Dr. Ken Wilgus, author of the book "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" and hosted by Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.