Clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about parenting. Why are little kids so obsessed with iPads? How do you correct a 3-year-old without screaming? How do you deal with a tantrum at the grocery store? Answers to these questions and many more await on Parenting Support.
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00:00 – Parenting Support with Dr. Becky Kennedy
00:13 – On aisle 5, one existential crisis
02:38 – Tiny CEO in training
04:22 – The sleep separation mantra
06:12 – What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper?
07:23 – Accepting bribes in the form of fruit gummies
09:27 – Gentle parenting or parent gentling?
11:39 – Touch grass? Never heard of that app
13:17 – Decibel level ⬆️ Reasoning ⬇️
15:47 – Peace over being right
17:45 – Curiosity beats resistance
19:26 – S̶h̶a̶m̶e̶, s̶h̶a̶m̶e̶, s̶h̶a̶m̶e̶ Pick your moments
20:28 – The tiny dictator granted my request
21:53 – Stay in your lane, picky eater
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@kezbies
September 8, 2026 at 6:33 pm
let us please reiterate… it only takes procreation to be a mother/father. to be a PARENT is something different entirely…
@maggiesmith2319
September 8, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Thank you so much for making this!
I wish my parents had access to insight like this when I was growing up.
@RavenMistwolf
September 8, 2026 at 6:36 pm
10:47 what that commenter was calling “gentle parenting” is actually “permissive parenting” or “lazy parenting.” Really “gentle parenting” is “authoritative parenting,” (NOT authoritarian. Those are VERY different) which produces the best results.
@alisonpurgatory85
September 8, 2026 at 6:38 pm
I don’t have kids and I don’t ever want to, but this video and others like it are very valuable to me because I can look back on how I was raised and get an insight into how I got all the wrong lessons- and try and parent myself the way I should’ve been
@PTLallthetime
September 8, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Is she related to Ally Yost? 😮
@Dr_Mel
September 8, 2026 at 6:42 pm
Conflating understanding with agreement and separating those two things was one of the most powerful adult lessons I had to learn. Eventually you encounter people who will know what you mean and they still haven’t changed their position.
@sona5704
September 8, 2026 at 6:47 pm
confirmed good parenting is really hard.
@blackstride
September 8, 2026 at 6:48 pm
This is all really great info! Tysm
@gravity_lover
September 8, 2026 at 7:19 pm
saving this for when i have a kid
@mirandawilson6084
September 8, 2026 at 7:20 pm
As an early childhood educator, I learned so much! Thank you!
@ShannonJ-jz3kl
September 8, 2026 at 7:21 pm
You do not give them what they want!
@karoke6
September 8, 2026 at 7:38 pm
I don’t have any children nor do I, but still find this fascinating and watched the whole thing. I need an adult version of her for myself lol
@wrathfirex
September 8, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Does this video have anything to do with hormones
@patriciaromero5347
September 8, 2026 at 7:47 pm
My little cousin (6yrs old) had tamtrums in public and private that ended in her on the floor screaming until my aunt did or gave her what she wanted. Once I took her to the mall (i was already a young adult) and she wanted icecream before the bookstore (the reason we went in the first place) she screamed and threw herself on the floor, i just looked at her and said “i am not your mother” and walked away. 2 seconds later she was holding my hand and asking if we could go to get icecream after we saw books. She never ever did that to me again. And kept on doing it to her mother. And yes we went and got ice cream.
@j34nlucS
September 8, 2026 at 7:48 pm
Can the algorithm gods please show this to my parents so they realize how harmful their approach to these kinds of issues actually was? Thanks in advance
@z.ngaming2681
September 8, 2026 at 8:00 pm
0:16 On aisle 5, one existential crisis.
0:20 answer 1
2:34 *[keyboard keys tapping]*
2:37 *[mouse button clicks]*
2:41 Tiny CEO in training
2:44 answer 2
3:15 *daily confidence tips*
4:18 *[keyboard keys tapping]*
4:23 The sleep separation mantra
4:26 answer 3
5:45 *sing songy way*
6:09 *[keyboard keys tapping]*
6:12 *[mouse button clicks]*
6:15 What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper?
6:22 answer 4
7:19 *[keyboard keys tapping]*
7:22 *[mouse button clicks]*
7:25 Accepting bribes in the form of fruit gummies.
7:28 answer 5
9:25 *[keyboard keys tapping]*
9:28 *[mouse button clicks]*
9:30 Gentle parenting or parent gentling?
9:33 answer 6
@alexaales7937
September 8, 2026 at 8:00 pm
jeez, watching this i wonder how we ever grew up without the fussing, pleading, arguing and pampering kids experience these days. we never threw tantrums, i wonder why, lol.
@DaddySlater
September 8, 2026 at 8:01 pm
You leave the grocery store and just try again later
@myleesxhneider22
September 8, 2026 at 8:02 pm
i loved this so so much!!
@iris·--ijw
September 8, 2026 at 8:09 pm
Wow how do a lot of these apply to problematic adults as well💀
@DuranmanX
September 8, 2026 at 8:14 pm
I feel like kids are like foreigners to a country. We take for granted their are a lot of social things that no one says but most just accept. Kids (and foreigners with a completely different culture) dont understand these differences, so they might do something that we see as “acting out” but its really a natural response to a situation that we just do because we are conditioned to do so. Like I understand “doesnt want to do something” cause a lot of times I dont want to do something, but I do it because I “have to” and it can be hard to explain that.
@majorlysuspicious3155
September 8, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Or have ADHD like me and still can’t even do the things I want to do.
@BaharaMartinson
September 8, 2026 at 8:49 pm
“child psychologist”
depending on her views regarding lindsatan clancy, we’ll decide if this women is credible or not
because women can’t be trusted around children anymore
@jeremychoo934
September 8, 2026 at 8:50 pm
Why is there no third option in this scenario? When I was growing up, tantrums were rewarded with corporal punishment. And look how well-adjusted my generation (mostly) turned out. 😜
@purpleiguana208
September 8, 2026 at 8:56 pm
I remember one time having a conversation with my mother when my middle child was… hmm… 2-3 years old… where she told me I was bribing my child and then laughed at me when I said, “It’s not a bribe, it’s an incentive.” Because what I was doing was NOT “here’s some candy, now be quiet,” but rather it was, “Hey, if you can be a little more quiet, you can have some candy.” Appropriate behavior before reward rather than reward IN HOPES of getting appropriate behavior.
@lydiahumes6566
September 8, 2026 at 9:21 pm
shes so well spoken, and definitely knows her stuff! im 18, kids arent even on the horizon, but i feel like i learned a lot! thanks, wired 😁