Quiet Kids, Fawning, and Awakening Courage to Speak Up
Celebrate Kids Podcast with Dr. Kathy

Quiet Kids, Fawning, and Awakening Courage to Speak Up

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 4, 202614 min

In today's episode Dr. Kathy explores the idea of Fawning, when a child seems agreeable but is actually suppressing opinions, ideas, and insight because he or she doesn't want to offend or cause problems. Co-host Wayne Stender pushes Dr. Kathy to help us consider when kids might be fawning and when they might legitimately don't have something to add to conversation or situations. It's a great discussion to give perspective on awakening courage in your child, especially if they are naturally a peacemaker or quiet. Pick up the book that speaks best to this topic: Start With...

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I think when a child is authentic, you know, and they come home and, you know, I had a great day, or, you know, don't accuse them of being arrogant, or I had a man, it was a really struggling day,

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how do we respond to that? Do we welcome them into the conversation? Do we, you know, say, hey, tell me more, I wanna know more about these moments,

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and do we celebrate that? Do we recognize it as valuable, that they're comfortable risking other people's reactions to who they truly are?

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