Do I Have a DFK?
2/3/202622 min
Do your kid’s tantrums seem more intense than other kids their age? Do they come on fast and last much longer? No, you’re not imagining it. And no, there’s nothing wrong with your kid. Your kid might be a Deeply Feeling Kid. And these kids will learn how to regulate their emotions, they just need a different approach. Today, Dr. Becky gives you the tools you need to assess if your kid might be a Deeply Feeling Kid.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
Hey, listeners. Today's episode is an encore of The Good Inside podcast. We're revisiting it to celebrate the release of Dr. Becky's new children's book, Leave Me Alone: A Good Inside Story About Deeply Feeling Kids. Wondering if you have a deeply feeling kid, or curious about the many ways we support deeply feeling kids and their parents? Check out the episode description to learn more.
Becky Kennedy· Host0:19
[Instrumental music] Do you have a kid who goes zero to 60, who you tell yourself all the time, "I really feel like my kid has more intense tantrums and meltdowns than any other kid. I really feel like those meltdowns last longer. I also feel like they're more intense, and I swear, I swear I am doing the things that psychologists say, that I read, and they're making things worse"? Now, this is the type of situation I was in myself, and it felt almost gaslighting. I felt like, wait, a- am I just doing it wrong? Is something wrong with me? Is something wrong with my kid? And then everything changed when I realized, holy moly, no, I just have a kid who is a little bit different than some other kids, and I need to understand this kid. I need to figure out interventions that actually work. I'm not doing it all wrong. I'm not making it all up. I just don't yet have an approach that works. Take a deep breath with me, because if this sounds like your experience