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The Mel Robbins Podcast · November 2, 2026 · 51m

How Did Your Parents Mess You Up? My Daughter Got Brutally Honest About What I Got Wrong

Mel Robbins sits down with her daughter Sawyer for the conversation most families avoid: an honest accounting of what Mel got wrong as a mother. Sawyer asks the questions directly — what do you think you got wrong, what do you wish you'd done differently, what did raising three kids teach you — and Mel answers with her biggest regrets and the mistakes she says she is still making. Sawyer gives her side too, including why she sometimes turns to her dad instead of her mom and what she wishes Mel understood about her. The two also walk through how each of their childhoods shaped the way they communicate, show love, and handle conflict, and land on practical tools for the moment a family argument starts repeating itself.

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The Conversation Families Never Have
Mel and Sawyer sit down and ask each other directly what the other got wrong — Sawyer asks Mel what she thinks she got wrong as her mom, what she wishes she'd done differently, and what raising three kids taught her.
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Mel's Regret About Trying to Help Her Kids
Mel names her instinct to help her kids as one of her biggest regrets as a parent.

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