Dec 23, 2020
How are you showing up for your kids right now? It is easy to get distracted by wanting our kids to be the very best and achieve everything they are meant to, but what if we are missing out on connecting with them in the process? On today’s episode, I invite my eldest daughter Hannah on the show to talk about our parent/child relationship. We discuss the journey to the closeness we have now, the importance of communication, and some techniques that you can use TODAY to have a different conversation with your child and start fostering that amazing relationship you both deserve.
We dive into:
- [7:25] How Hannah sees the parenting style she was raised with as a foundation for her moving forward
- [9:10] A glimpse into my parenting philosophy and how it differs from how I was brought up
- [9:45] Hannah’s educational background and her plans for the Peace Corps
- [11:45] Parenting two daughters and why I was harder on Hannah
- [19:10] Noticing that our level of communication was different than other parent/child relationships
- [22:10] What inspired Hannah to start a forum in school for kids to express themselves
- [23:50] Finding a comfortability to talk about sexual education (and why leaving it up to the school wasn’t enough)
- [26:25] The MOST IMPORTANT reason we were able to have such an amazing relationship
- [27:00] A communication tool that helped Hannah relate to me more (and how this can help you too, especially with teenagers!)
- [28:50] The importance of communicating your “why”
- [31:05] The VERY IMPORTANT thing that I did differently with my kids from how I was raised
- [32:15] How avoiding conflict played out in my life and work and why I did it different with parenting
- [33:50] A tool that Hannah is grateful for and brought into her relationships with others
- [37:55] Struggling with boundaries when Hannah was a teenager and why this ONE THING would have helped
- [40:55] How Hannah and I struggled with her ADHD before she was diagnosed and how it shows up differently in boys and girls
- [47:50] A phenomenal ADHD resource
- [48:35] The gifts of ADHD and how Hannah uses these in her life
- [50:00] Differentiated parenting and ditching the one-size-fits-all method
- [53:30] Generational parenting differences and how competitiveness has evolved
- [58:00] My 3 BIGGEST goals for my kids as they grew up
- [1:01:50] Some practical tools for you to start building a stronger relationship with your kids
- [1:04:10] My TOP 2 pieces of advice if you want to pivot your parenting style
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