Philippa Perry on Parenting

Philippa Perry, what an amazing person. The type of person you
always want on your side in an argument!


She is a psychotherapist and author of many books, including the
most recent no. 1 best selling “The Book You Wish Your Parents
Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did)”


I believe the title says it all! 


In our chat Philippa really puts us in our box and made us
rethink our basic approach to parenting, which hopefully it's not
too late to start implementing now :)


“Teenagers biologically know they need to find a new
tribe, because they know you are going to die first. In order for
them to find their new tribe they are going to have to make you
horrible, as they can’t leave their first tribe if they think
their parent(s) are gorgeous and amazing. So they start picking
fights with you… don’t take them hating you personally, they have
to hate you to find their new tribe”


We discussed teenagers to toddlers, boys vs girls to restrictions
on social media and mobile phone usage.


Again we cannot recommend listening to this episode and more of
Philippa in general. A wonderful person and to top it all off
she’s a great laugh!





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