046: How do you teach your child to sit in the adult chair?

Published: Oct. 27, 2016, 1 p.m.

If you\u2019re a human parent, you\u2019ve probably faced some version of this question. How do you teach your kids how to be emotionally present in the world? How to protect themselves and be assertive, and how to live with grace and compassion all at the same time?

The answer is both incredibly complicated, and deceptively simple: you can\u2019t.

And that\u2019s where we pick up on the show today, taking on the assumptions we make and the stories we tell ourselves that lead to frustration and shame in our ability to parent. The truth is that you\u2019re probably doing fine, and I can\u2019t wait to tell you why \u2014 just listen in this week and you\u2019ll find out!