Are Your Kids Behaving Worse at Home Than at School? A Child Psychologist Says That’s a Good Sign

0 June 25, 2026 08:03

In this week’s The Parent Chat, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Wendy Mogel joins Dylan Dreyer to make the case that our instinct to protect, schedule, and smooth everything over for our kids is actually making them more fragile — and what to do instead.

0:00 — Why Kids Are So Beautiful (It Won’t Last — Dr. Mogel Is Honest About Teenagers)
0:23 — Calvin Falls Off the Couch: Why Dylan Didn’t Run to Help
1:15 — Introducing Dr. Wendy Mogel: The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
1:35 — Being a Grandparent vs. a Parent: The Greatest Love Affair of All Time
2:10 — Should You Parent Each Kid Differently? Dr. Mogel’s Answer: Both
3:16 — What The Blessing of a Skinned Knee Is Really About
4:30 — The More You Overprotect, the More Anxious Your Kids Become
6:00 — Why Dylan’s 8-Year-Old Won’t Walk Next Door Alone
6:02 — How to Rewrite the Script: Inviting Curiosity Instead of Giving Directives
8:15 — What Resilience Actually Means — and How It’s Different for Every Child
9:45 — The Best Way to Teach Resilience: Do It Yourself in Front of Them
10:49 — Teacups and Crispies: What Happens When Kids Are Over-Scheduled and Over-Pressured
13:05 — Sibling Fighting: How Much Should You Step In?
14:28 — The School Call Test: How to Know If the Fighting Has Gone Too Far
15:03 — Why the Kids Who Worry You Most Are the Ones Perfectly Behaved at Home
17:08 — Advice for Working Parents Who Can’t Always Be There
18:30 — The Two Words Every Parent Needs: "Wow" and "Uffda"
19:44 — Parenting Confessions: The Broken Thermometer, the Ski School, the Hallucinating Daughter
21:34 — How Dr. Mogel’s Own Daughters Have Taught Her to Stop Beating Herself Up
23:29 — Dr. Mogel’s Spicy Take: She Took Her Two-Year-Old Grandson on a Cliff Hike
25:21 — Dylan’s Takeaway: Sometimes "Wow" and "Uffda" Are Enough