[This episode originally aired 1.21.17]

In this broadcast, John gives his thoughts on the book "ParentSpeak: What’s Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children — and What to Say Instead” (Workman, 2017) by California parent educator Jennifer Lehr, in which Lehr contends that seemingly innocuous things parents often say to children — “Say thank you,” for example — are actually psychologically harmful.

More about John Rosemond at www.rosemond.com and www.parentguru.com.