Family in Focus®
Family in Focus®
Are you feeling stuck around your child’s eating, weight, or health? Are food struggles or mixed messages about “doing it right” creating stress in your home? Family in Focus is a podcast for parents navigating family health, especially when concerns about food, body, and emotional well-being start to strain relationships at home. Hosted by Dr. Wendy Schofer, the pediatrician who helps parents lead meaningful change without harm, this podcast approaches family health in a very different way, by prioritizing connection, trust, and emotional health over control or pressure. Family in Focus centers parent-led shifts that actually last. Conversations explore how change can happen without shame, how emotions shape health behaviors, and why protecting the parent-child relationship is essential to supporting children’s well-being. This is a space for parents who want to support their child’s health without sacrificing connection along the way.
March 17, 2023

When Kids Disagree With Your Parenting

When Kids Disagree With Your Parenting
Family in Focus®
When Kids Disagree With Your Parenting

"You're the worst parent in the world."

"You've f'd me up."

Ah, kids. Gotta love them. They sure know how to make us feel amazing.

That's what we're talking about today: the explicit is for feeling "shitty" a few times, and "f'd up" wihtout the rest of the word (you're welcome... and there are very quick "ear-muffs" warnings.)

This is real-deal parenting: kids do not agree with the job that we are doing. Let's talk about boundaries and pushing back as kids, how it's normal, and.. how to not make it mean that we are the shittiest parents in the world, no matter what they say.

BTW, I did check: the shittiest parents are not listening to FIF with WS, MD. So, there's that.

Full show notes available here.

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Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!