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Podcast: The Signpost Inn Podcast
Episode: When Your Kids Become Your Measure: How to Stop Seeking Their Approval
Description: Here's an uncomfortable reality: we parents can easily idolize our kids.
When your teen or adult child is distant, critical, or just doesn't seem to like you, it cuts deep. You want their approval, their friendship, their gratitude. That's not wrong—it comes from love! But what happens when their opinion of you becomes the measure of your worth?
Brandon, Liv, and Matt explore the common trap of needing our kids' validation—and why it always backfires. When your child's approval becomes the sun in your identity solar system, you become grasping, controlling, or bitter. The...