Bringing out the good in kids—and parents—with Becky Kennedy | Re:Thinking with Adam Grant

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. As a clinical psychologist, Becky Kennedy works with parents to raise good kids. She’s best known as Dr. Becky on Instagram, and has been called the "Millennial parenting whisperer" for good reason. Becky and Adam challenge the widespread belief that it’s a parent’s job to make their children happy, talk candidly about the surprisingly difficult task of setting and maintaining boundaries, and dig into the science and practice of helping kids (and adults) deal with the ups and downs of life. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

Adam GranthostBecky Kennedyguest

Feb 14, 202339mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: February 14, 2023
Duration: 39m
Channel: Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. As a clinical psychologist, Becky Kennedy works with parents to raise good kids. She’s best known as Dr. Becky on Instagram, and has been called the "Millennial parenting whisperer" for good reason. Becky and Adam challenge the widespread belief that it’s a parent’s job to make their children happy, talk candidly about the surprisingly difficult task of setting and maintaining boundaries, and dig into the science and practice of helping kids (and adults) deal with the ups and downs of life. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

SPEAKERS

Adam Grant
host
Organizational psychologist and host of the Re:Thinking podcast.
Becky Kennedy
guest
Clinical psychologist and parenting expert known publicly as “Dr. Becky.”

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and Becky Kennedy, Bringing out the good in kids—and parents—with Becky Kennedy | Re:Thinking with Adam Grant explores dr. Becky Kennedy on boundaries, validation, and repairing parent-child connection Kennedy argues that parenting works best when parents have a clear “job description,” centered on two simultaneous duties: setting boundaries for safety and validating kids’ emotional experiences.

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