Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 130

In this fascinating episode, Dr. Shaw responds to a parent's request for advice about how to handle a child with bad behavior.  In responding to that inquiry, Dr. Shaw deconstructs her own recent experience with a child who uses misbehavior to gain results.   Dr. Shaw brilliantly describes the situation, sees directly into the manipulative thought process motivating the bad behavior, and recounts how the parent (a very good, not unskilled parent, by the way) handled but also mis-handled the situation.  Dr. Shaw offers advice on how the entire episode could have been guided differently by the parent to a better result.  Interestingly, witnesses who watched this same scenario were impressed by the parenting they saw, yet Dr. Shaw manages to go one step further to outline what should have been done for greater long term results.   Once again, she identifies the issue, and offers the best possible solution.