What Becky Kennedy has said about Sturdy parenting

2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 16, 2026

Becky Kennedy, American clinical psychologist and founder of the parenting platform Good Inside, has been quoted on Sturdy parenting 2 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on September 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Kennedy argues children cannot develop coping skills if parents always provide an escape from difficult feelings.

    “if every time you feel a feeling, your parent gives you an exit ramp, you're going to expect the world to give you exit ramps”

    Call Her Daddy: Dr. Becky: Parenting 101 (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 8:43

  • Kennedy argues entitled children are those who never learned to tolerate frustration.

    “Entitled kids are kids who've never learned how to tolerate frustration. And worse, they're kids whose frustration was met with an exit ramp”

    Call Her Daddy: Dr. Becky: Parenting 101 (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:31

Episodes

  • Dr. Becky: Parenting 101

    Call Her Daddy · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 35 min

    Alex Cooper talks with clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy about sturdy parenting, boundaries, confidence, attachment, repair, fertility struggles and early motherhood.

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