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On Purpose with Jay Shetty · August 11, 2025 · 1h 58m
#1 Parenting Mistake Fueling Your Kid's Anxiety!
Dr. Becky Kennedy (also on Huberman Lab) on 'sturdy' parenting — holding boundaries while validating emotions. The #1 mistake: responding to a child's anxiety with your own anxiety, which teaches them their feelings are dangerous.
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Kennedy: when parents respond to children's difficult emotions with panic, dismissal, or over-correction, the child learns that their feelings are dangerous. They develop a false self that suppresses difficult emotions to maintain parental calm.
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