Teach Your Kids Podcast: Dr Gordon Neufeld on Redefining Parental Power and Connection

In this episode, podcaster and parent advocate Manisha Snoyer sits down with renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld to delve into the nuances of modern parenting. They discuss the rise of a peer-oriented culture for children in the western world. Neufeld says the importance of peers in children’s development has been overemphasized.

Children need to be brought up in the context of families. The connection between parent and child is the most crucial piece of parenting. “Preserve the connection,” is his advice. When connection is broken, repair it. When it is weak, strengthen it. Effective parenting depends on the strength of the parent’s emotional connection to the child.

This talk will help put steel in the bones of parents, and I (James) commend it to you most highly. It will give you confidence to be who you are, a parent. You are the best toy your child can ever get!