How can parents ensure their children grow up to be respectful, kind, and considerate towards others?

This conversation with author and academic Richard Ryan examines the typical backgrounds of perpetrators of violence and aggression and gives practical advice to parents so they can meet their child's basic psychological needs of relatedness, autonomy, and competency.

In this episode:

• Self Determination Theory
• Gendered violence
• Basic Psychological Needs
• Modelling values and behaviour
• Objectification and sexualisation of women in the media
• Reducing exposure to and setting limits on media use
• Resilience

Links:

• Helping Our Boys Grow Into Men – Happy Families
• How to Prevent your Child Becoming A #metoo (and Prevent your Child from Creating One) – Happy Families
• 4 P’s to Prevent Peer Pressure in your Teens – Happy Families

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