3121: What's Wrong with Strict Parenting? by Dr. Laura Markham of Peaceful Parent Happy Kids on Positive Parenting

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3121: Dr. Laura Markham lays out seven reasons strict parenting produces the opposite of what parents hope for, including lower self esteem, more rebellion, and kids who behave only when someone is watching. She argues the research points somewhere other than a compromise between strict and permissive, and makes the case for what she calls empathic limits. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.peacefulparenthappykids.com/read/strict-parenting Quotes to ponder: "Harsh limits may temporarily control behavior, but they don't help a child learn to self-regulate." "They learn to obey, but they don't learn to think for themselves." "That combination of empathy and limits is the sweet spot that raises amazing kids -- and makes for the best parenting." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices