The Good News About Bad Behavior| Katherine Reynolds Lewis, award-winning journalist
#175: Journalist/parent educator Katherine Reynolds Lewis and I bond over our love for our strict, hyper-achieving Tiger Moms, our fear of disappointing them, and our strong need to parent our children differently. At the same time, kids today are spiraling out of control. In
The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever And What to Do About It
Lewis writes, “we are facing a crisis of self-regulation”. We talk about how to address the emotional needs of our children and ourselves, how to get our kids on board for household work, the neurological side-effects of critical mothering, the apprenticeship model of parenting, and our soulful mission as mothers. Y’all will LOVE this week’s #mombomb. x Ellie Knaus
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Meet Our Guest:
is an award-winning journalist based in the Washington, DC, area who regularly writes for the Atlantic, Fortune, USA Today’s magazines, Washington Post, and Working Mother. Her story about school discipline was Mother Jones' most-read article ever. She is a certified parent educator with the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Maryland.
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