In this episode of Delusional Optimism, Dr. B and Seth Creekmore talk about soft parenting. They discuss the difference between parenting for understanding versus parenting for obedience and how to find a balance between the two. They also share strategies to soft parenting and things to be aware of with the perspective and influences that may affect how you parent.
“Really, again it comes down to communication and being consistent with that.” -Seth Creekmore [20:38]
“The idea that we have to control behavior is a false idea. What we need to do is we need to understand behavior in order to guide behavior in order to get the results that we want. And the results that we want are to raise happy, healthy, self-sufficient or group-sufficient, contributing, happy children into adults.” -Dr. B [25:43]
What You Will Learn:
[00:00] Intro
[00:57] How soft parenting came up for Dr. B
[02:08] The concept of soft parenting
[05:32] Receptive and expressive language
[09:46] Calming the fears of soft parenting
[11:43] Strategies to parent with this style
[17:05] An example of using soft parenting
[20:52] The parenting spectrum and things to be aware of
[28:08] Outro
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