Did you know studies show that over-involved parenting is associated with anxiety, depression, life dissatisfaction, and emotional dysregulation? In today’s episode, we talk about what everyone guilty of over-involved parenting wants to know.  If we’re not meant to fix the problem or behavior, what are we supposed to do? 

This episode's takeaways:

• Influence. The biggest shift happens when we switch from a manager role to an advisor.  Instead of giving directions, ask questions and provide emotional support. 
• Relationship. Focus on being present in your child’s discomfort they may be experiencing without taking it away. Your child is like a kite in the wind; you are the person on the ground holding the string.  
• Truth without a relationship leads to rejection.  Rules without relationships lead to rebellion.  Discipline without a relationship leads to anger and resentment. Focus on the relationship, not the behavior. 
• Stay consistent with discipline.  
  • Immediate consequences, short-term, remain loving when giving discipline.
  • Non-emotional parenting.
  • Show up mature, loving, and consistent. Modeling what the behavior looks like. 

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