
Beyond “Kids Are Resilient”, What Kids Actually Need to Cope
The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom
B1July 15, 202635 min
PlayHave you ever uttered the phrase, "Don't worry, kids are resilient"? It’s a line meant to comfort us as adults, but what if it’s actually giving us permission to skip over our kids' real struggles? In this episode, I sit down with children's therapist and author Stacy Schaffer to dismantle the massive misconceptions around childhood coping and resilience. Stacy shares her own powerful story of navigating a traumatic childhood under the guise of being the "perfect, shiny" kid , and explains why our well-behaved children might actually be suffering in silence. In this episode we c...