How We Can Solidify Unconditional Love in Our Homes and Our Parenting

On this episode of The Fresh Start Family Show, we are taking a closer look at one culture’s form of hand-me-down autocratic parenting: Tiger Parenting. It's a parenting style that stresses success and achievement at any cost so that the child fulfills the parent’s definition of "good enough".  Wendy is joined by her Asian-American cousin, Midori, to chat with today’s guest Iris Chen about growing up in Tiger Parenting families. Iris is the author of the book Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent, and the founder of the Untigering Movement. Her mission is to inspire generational and cultural transformation, especially among Asian communities. There's no question that we love our kids, AND there are many things we do as parents that are born out of the idea that parents need to be in control of their children by any means necessary and define what success should look like for them. This episode lays the groundwork for rethinking the cultural influences many parents adhere to in parenting vs what we are at choice to do.  Tune in to learn 3 Ways to Solidify Unconditional Love in Your Home & Parenting (& why it works so well to help kids behave better!)  1. Focus on connection over correction (talk about how mistakes are opportunities to learn & don't require us to be so harsh on our kids)  2. Mentor your children on how to be happy & healthy vs. drive performance (take a break from making your child "do their best / do more / be better / etc.)  3. Let go of image striving (appearing we or our kids have it all together - we are raising humans, not robots & we all have messy moments / imperfections).  For links & more info about everything discussed in this episode, head to www.freshstartfamilyonline.com/159. It's time to join The Fresh Start Experience! Head to www.freshstartfamilyonline.com/joinnow for all the details! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices