Sturdy parenting

Becky KennedyAmerican clinical psychologist and founder of the parenting platform Good Inside

• 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

• 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