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Show summary
We continue our commentary and discussion on Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, and in this episode we discuss socializing children out of the “terrible twos” and we review Dr. Peterson’s 5 disciplinary principles (RULE 5 / Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them).
Show notes
0:40 – “Two-year-olds, statistically speaking, are the most violent of people” (Peterson, J.B. & Flanders, J. (2005). Play and the regulation of aggression.)
7:25 – The parent-friend problem
10:25 – Undesirable social behaviour in children if uncorrected, may manifest into major anti-social behaviour later in life
11:22 – “She was out to produce a little God-Emperor of the Universe.”
13:28 – Disciplinary principle #1: “Limit the rules”
16:08 – Disciplinary principle #2: “Use minimum necessary force”
23:04 – Disciplinary principle #3: “Parents should come in pairs” (Amato, P.R. & Keith, B. (1991). Parental Divorce and the Well-Being of Children: A Meta-Analysis.)
24:37 – Disciplinary principle #4: “Parents should understand their own capacity to be harsh, vengeful, arrogant, resentful, angry and deceitful”
27:32 – Disciplinary principle #5: “Parents have a duty to act as proxies for the real world”
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GenYChron Ep. 0023 – Crush your inner critic, shun envy and improve daily
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We continue our 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos miniseries, and this week we discuss the harm in excessive self-critical social media comparisons and the powerful concept of incremental self-improvement (RULE 4 / Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today).
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GenYChron Ep. 0014 – Emotional maturity, ageism and Millennial wisdom
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This week on the Gen Y Chronicles podcast, Jasmin and I tackle some complex topics that affect Gen Y. Listen to our personal experiences and stories about the age perception gap between North America and Europe, and our opinions about the evolution of emotional maturity in Millennials.
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GenYChron Ep. 0017 – Ethnopediatrics, co-sleeping and Jólabókaflóðið
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We’re back! After our three-month podcasting hiatus we dive into some parent-friendly topics ranging from child-rearing practices in different cultures, the prevalence of bed sharing outside North America and research surrounding the risks and rewards of co-sleeping. Also, with Christmas just 37 days away, we talk about our plan to adopt a traditional Icelandic gift-giving practice called “Jólabókaflóðið”.
