[This episode originally aired 3.19.2016]

• Let's face it: Children do odd, strange things. They also have random thoughts and random emotions. In this episode, John says that we need to disempower psychology when it comes to the raising of children and stop running to psychologists every time our children do odd, strange things or have seemingly alarming, random thoughts. He contends that because we have been paying so much attention to psychology and its applications to parenting, we take these things too seriously and advises parents to use discernment when talking to children about their feelings.  He points to research that shows that talking to children about their feelings almost inevitably makes the feelings scarier, stranger, and more intense.

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