TPP 111a: Katherine Reynolds Lewis Tells us the Good News About Bad Behavior

Published: March 11, 2022, 2 p.m.

b'In week\\u2019s podcast episode, we\\u2019re talking about bad behavior. Specifically, The Good News About Bad Behavior. That\\u2019s the name of a new book by journalist, author, speaker, and parent educator, Katherine Lewis, and in this episode, Katherine and I talk about what our kids\\u2019 behavior is telling us and how we as parents, teachers, and other adults in kids\\u2019 lives can best respond to it while encouraging our kids to develop into healthy adults.\\nIn researching and writing her book, Katherine connected with one of our favorite parenting thought leaders, Dr. Ross Greene, and reframed her own thinking about bad behavior as being a child\\u2019s way of demonstrating lagging skills. Katherine\\u2019s book aims to help parents navigate tricky behavioral situations and work with their children toward better solutions. I really enjoyed this conversation and hope it offers you some good food for thought.\\n\\nKatherine Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning journalist and author of The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever \\u2013 And What to Do About It. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Fortune, Money, Mother Jones, The New York Times, Parade, Slate, USA Today\\u2019s magazine group, the Washington Post Magazine and Working Mother.\\xa0She holds a BA in physics from Harvard University and is a certified parent educator with the Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) in Kensington, Md.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nThings you\\u2019ll learn from this episode\\n\\nHow parents can shift their mindset in the way they think about behavior\\n\\nWhy our kids\\u2019 need to experience failure, and why modeling it for them can be so powerful\\xa0\\n\\nHow to let go of what others think of our approach to parenting and discipline\\n\\nWays parents can compassionate advocate for and educate others about our children\\n\\nWhat Katherine hopes her book does in the world in terms of changing the conversation surrounding behavior\\n\\nWhat the good news about bad behavior actually is\\n\\n\\xa0\\nResources on the good news about bad behavior\\n\\nKatherine Lewis\\u2019 website\\n\\n\\nThe Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever, and What to Do About It by Katherine R. Lewis\\n\\nKatherine Lewis on Facebook\\xa0\\n\\nKatherine Lewis on Twitter\\n\\nKatherine Lewis on Instagram\\n\\n\\nThe Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Dr. Ross Greene\\n\\n\\nLives in the Balance (Dr. Greene\\u2019s website)\\n\\n\\nSupport the show\\nConnect with Tilt Parenting\\n\\n\\nVisit Tilt Parenting\\n\\nTake the free 7-Day Challenge\\n\\n\\n\\nRead a chapter of Differently Wired\\n\\n\\nFollow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'