Why Do We Compare Our Kids to Others?

Every parent does it - but doesn’t want to admit it. We compare our child to other children or even their siblings. We also know that our “comparing” comes from a deep place of concern. We worry: Are they hitting important developmental milestones? Is there a problem? Maybe everything will be OK eventually?
Lynn and Justin explore this “secret” parenting topic with Dr. Tina Bryson, a psychotherapist, mother, and the co-author of two of the most definitive books on child development and parenting - The New York Times bestseller “The Whole-Brain Child” and “No-Drama Discipline.” Dr. Bryson gives us the practical guidance that every parent needs when we dare to compare.
Then, in our Parenting Story of the Day, we’ll hear from a mom who noticed that her son was different from other kids. What did she do? She embraced it.
Chapters
00:10 Show Introduction
01:02 Interview with Dr. Tina Bryson
16:09 Parenting Story of the Day
22:00 Lynn & Justin’s Reflections
24:00 Moment of Calm
Dr. Tina Bryson
Dr. Bryson is a psychotherapist, speaker, mother and the Founder/Executive Director of The Center for Connection (“CFC”), a multidisciplinary clinical practice; of The Play Strong Institute, a center devoted to the study, research, and practice of play therapy through a neurodevelopment lens; and The Center for Connection and Neurodiversity, a wing of the CFC devoted to celebrating neurodifferences and providing brain-based occupational therapy across the lifespan.
She is also the co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times bestsellers, “The Whole-Brain Child” and “No-Drama Discipline” which has been translated into over fifty languages with “The Whole-Brain Child” selling over a million copies.
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