How to Raise Independent Kids Without Making Them Feel Abandoned

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the direct continuation of Episode 93. Kristen opens by telling listeners she is continuing last week's conversation about clinginess, separation, and emotional independence, then takes the topic deeper by focusing on the parenting patterns that can unintentionally strengthen anxiety and dependence. In this episode of Mom Doc Talk, board-certified pediatrician and mom Dr. Kristen Cook explains accommodation, overprotection, repeated reassurance, rescuing, and ...