236. Ready or not, kids take their cue from you, featuring Madeline Levine

09/13/22 • 12 min

Do you ever lose sight of the end game? Sometimes as parents, we focus on the short game—grades, extracurricular activities, and how to fix things immediately for our kids. But does that actually serve them well as they grow into adulthood?

Dr. Madeline Levine, a psychologist with 40 years experience, explains that kids don’t need us to fix everything. They actually need adaptability, mental agility, curiosity, collaboration, tolerance for failure, resilience and optimism. And how do they learn those skills? By watching how we handle life and how we trust them to handle it well too.

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Show links:

Watch the full clip.
Learn more at madelinelevine.com.
Read Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World and Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success, Why Values and Coping Skills Matter More Than Grades.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Don’t forget to check out Our Favorite Things—A Resource Guide!

Show links:

Watch the full clip.
Learn more at madelinelevine.com.
Read Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World and Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success, Why Values and Coping Skills Matter More Than Grades.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

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235. Children can't be what they can't see, featuring Lael Stone

Do you ever feel like you manage life well...until the small people in your life don't want to go along with your plans? That’s when the heat turns on, when they find the most inopportune moments to lose it. But the truth is that their cries and outbursts are a way to be seen and heard.

Parenting educator Lael Stone nudges us back to our kids’ side, reminding us that our level of compassion and nurturing and how we regulate our emotions in these early years has an impact on who they become. We have the power in how we show up to teach either anxiety and depression, or kindness and compassion.

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Our Favorite Things—A Resource Guide!

Show links:

Learn more at laelstone.com.au.

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237. There is so much more to come, a reflection on 3 years of PG-ish

This week marks the three-year anniversary of PG-ish! As I reflect on this journey, I remember all the time spent to scheme, dream, curate, pivot, launch, fail, and keep going. I started this podcast after huge changes in my family life, and I knew I needed to challenge myself to find (and share) resources to grow myself as a person and a mama. I believe reflection is important to remember how far we’ve come, and how much more is still to come—and it’s the little victories that keep us going and need to be celebrated. So today I’m here to share that taking risks is worth it, celebrating small wins is important, and pursuing life and love whole-heartedly is what fills us.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.