What Sawyer Robbins has said about Mother–daughter relationships
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 2, 2026
Sawyer Robbins, Mel Robbins's daughter, quoted about her mother's negative self-talk, has been quoted on Mother–daughter relationships 3 times in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on November 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sawyer explains that their father, the stay-at-home parent, showed love by listening, which is why the children go to him to be heard.
“When we grew up with dad, the way in which dad showed us love was listening. He was also the stay-at-home parent”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: My Daughter Got Brutally Honest About What I Got Wrong as a Mom (My Biggest Regrets) (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 35:57
Sawyer says the children go to their father when they want to be heard rather than to have a problem solved.
“We go to dad when we want to be heard because we don't want a solution”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: My Daughter Got Brutally Honest About What I Got Wrong as a Mom (My Biggest Regrets) (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 35:28
Sawyer argues that children feel as much pressure to take care of their parents as parents feel to take care of them.
“what parents don't understand about their kids is that we equally feel that we equally want you to be good”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: My Daughter Got Brutally Honest About What I Got Wrong as a Mom (My Biggest Regrets) (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 44:11
Episodes
My Daughter Got Brutally Honest About What I Got Wrong as a Mom (My Biggest Regrets)The Mel Robbins Podcast · Nov 2, 2026 · 51 min
Mel Robbins and her daughter Sawyer discuss Mel's parenting regrets, emotional reactivity, family dynamics, and the mother-daughter bond.
Others on Mother–daughter relationships
- Mel Robbins · 2 quotes
- Kelly McDaniel · 2 quotes
Sawyer Robbins on other topics
- Emotional reactivity and flooding · 1 quote
- Changing gender roles · 1 quote
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder · 1 quote
- Courage and fear · 1 quote
- Marriage and long-term partnership · 1 quote
- Being single and relationship patterns · 1 quote