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#473 Teaching Your Children How to Say No

#473 Teaching Your Children How to Say No

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

March 28, 202213m 51s

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Show Notes

Why Kids Who 'Talk Back' Grow Up To Be Better Adults

Topics included in this episode:

  • Article mentioned - Why Kids Who 'Talk Back' Grow Up To Be Better Adults
  • Kylie was a compliant child. Justin was not. His family encouraged speaking up for yourself.
  • "the inability to say "No" — the inability to set personal boundaries — is one of the most common, insidious causes of human suffering." - Clinical psychologist Kelly M. Flanagan
  • Our job as parents is to teach them how to say no and push back effectively
  • Get curious, not furious
  • Kids need to be able to practice being heard
  • Kids need to know that we trust them
  • Acknowledge that your children have preferences
  • Come into the conversation with compassion
  • If our children don't feel safe saying 'no' to us, who else are they going to have trouble saying 'no' to?


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