How to Reduce Your Stress and Encourage Autonomy in Your Children, with Dr. Emily Edlynn
Description
As parents, our natural instinct is to shield our children from stress. Life's hard enough as adults, so we want to let kids be carefree.
But is that strategy counterproductive and actually harmful to our children?
Today, Dr. Emily Edlynn calls for a cultural shift towards balanced, autonomy-supportive parenting that prioritizes both child and parental well-being over societal pressures and external achievements.
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Dr. Emily Edlynn is a child psychologist, mother of 3, and the author of In Your Feels: A Journal to Explore Your Emotions. Check out her substack Parent Smarter, Not Harder.
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