Summary: [This episode originally aired 1.21.17] In this broadcast, John gives his thoughts on the book "ParentSpeak: What’s Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children — and What to Say Instead” (Workman, 2017) by California parent educator Jennifer Lehr, in which Lehr contends that seemingly innocuous things parents often say to children — “Say thank you,” for example — are actually psychologically harmful. More about John Rosemond at <a href="http://www.rosemond.com/">www.rosemond.com </a>and <a href="http://www.parentguru.com/">www.parentguru.com</a>.
