{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs","title":"531: Are We Making Our Kids Less Capable? with Sissy Goff","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1233,"description":"Kids today are becoming increasingly afraid of risk and discomfort- are parents part of the problem? Today bestselling author and counselor Sissy Goff joins Karen and Emily to talk about her new book, Capable, and why loving our kids well sometimes means encouraging them to do hard things. Sissy shares how moms can manage their own anxiety and trust their parenting instincts to prepare their kids for greater confidence. Don’t miss the absolutely brilliant catchphrases she offers for reminding kids that hard isn’t a bad thing! \n\nEpisode Recap:\nSissy is a therapist and counselor in Nashville who has been counseling families for 33 years! (1:30)\nKids today more than ever are risk and discomfort avoidant (2:18)\nParents are abdicating intuition for the sake of experts (5:19)\nWe need to re-evaluate what it means to love our kids well (7:00)\nHow can we let go of our own anxiety to help our kids step up in independence? (13:30)\nThe three Cs of Capability (16:17)\nPractical capability exercises for each age group (18:00)\n\nScripture: James 2:1-4 (NIV)  \n“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”\nDiscussion Questions:\nWhere are you most tempted to step in and remove risk, discomfort, or struggle for your child?\nHow might your own anxiety be affecting your child’s willingness to try hard things independently?\nWhat is one responsibility or challenge your child may be ready to handle without your help?\nWhat words could you use this week to remind your child that something being hard does not mean it is bad?\n\nResources:\nConnect with Sissy: https://www.daystarcounseling.com/\nPick up a copy of Capable on Amazon\nUse code WT20 to get $20 off SOAR registration today! \nReach out to have Karen come speak in your community.\nBecome a WT+ Insider this month and get an exclusive...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Jy0IgajJjPa1_KW9uYlwasPQsFFQYV-pgFRYgWGtXog/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTYy/YWEyYjMxMWRlMGJk/ZDhlOGI2YzlkMmQ2/ODY0NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}