1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: Your child is embarrassed by you. Your child doesn't want 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: your showing up at school assembly? What do you do? 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Is this okay? Is it good? Is it bad? How 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: do you? How do you deal with this? One? Tricky questions? 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Today we're answering another one on the Happy Families podcast 6 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: Real Parenting Solutions. Every day on Australia's most downloaded parenting podcast, 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we are Justin and Kylie Colson, and every Tuesday on 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: the pod we answer your tricky questions about family and 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: relationships and parenting and well being and screens and discipline 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: and school assemblies. If you'd like to submit a tricky question, 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: we've got a super simple system at Happy Families dot 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: com dot You scroll down to podcasts, click the record button, 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: start talking. It's literally all you've got to do. Or 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: you can email us a voice note to podcasts with 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: an s podcast with an ess at Happy Families dot 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: com dot Au. All right, Kylie, let's have a listen 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: to this one that comes from Amy in Melbourne. 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: My eight year old told me today that she's embarrassed 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: when I come to watch her performances and school assemblies 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: or to help out at school. I asked for why 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: and she said it just makes her feel embarrassed and 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: that she doesn't like it. I felt a dugger through 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: my heart, but told her that if she felt embarrassed, 24 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: then I would respect her decision and not come. But 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: I'm dying inside. I was always so sad as a 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: kid when my mom didn't show up to things. Is 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: this age eight appropriate? And how do I handle it? Well? 28 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: Kylie? I don't know about you. I don't want to 29 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: be cynical about this because I feel the dagger in 30 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: the heart. I get it. You're laughing. You know where 31 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: this is going, don't you. 32 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: She's off the hook. She's off the hook. 33 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: If I never have to go to another school assembly 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 1: for the rest of the mine. I love that Amy 35 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: wants to be there, and I get it right, Like 36 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: you're proud of your child, they're going to be well. 37 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 3: Take assemblies out of the equation. If your child says 38 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 3: they don't want to be in your space because they're 39 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: embarrassed by. 40 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: You, all they don't when you're showing up and doing 41 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: touch shop or volunteering in the class or. 42 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 3: That's literally the worst thing you possibly be told by 43 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: your child it is. 44 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: It feels horrible, and you love your child and you 45 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: just want to be involved, and they're saying, get out 46 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: of my life, and it does hurt. 47 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: So but I can promise you Amy, if you tell 48 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: her that you want to take her out for ice cream, 49 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 3: she'll be there in a flash. 50 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: Yeah. 51 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: I don't think this is as much about her being 52 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: embarrassed by you in general, but there's something specific about 53 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: the school environment that leaves her feeling uncomfortable. 54 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 55 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, so let's just add the outset highlight what you're experiencing. 56 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: Totally normal, happens to lots of parents, even with children 57 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 1: as young as eight. I distinctly remember the day where 58 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: I said to my parents when they took me to 59 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: the movies with a friend, that's okay, I'll catch up. 60 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: And I didn't want to be seen with my parents. 61 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: My dad was wearing his polo shirt tucked in with 62 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: his levies and his belt and his sneakers. I don't 63 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: remember what mum was wearing, and Dad had the sort 64 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: of the balding head and the mullet off the back, 65 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: and I just thought, I can't be seen with this man. 66 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: This is completely inappropriate. So my friend and I walked 67 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: in about ten meters behind them. And our kids. I 68 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't want to make this about physical appearance, 69 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: because that's not really what it is. I think what's 70 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: really going on is, for whatever reason, they're becoming more 71 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: self aware. They're starting to notice how they compared to peers. 72 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: They're starting to develop their identity, and this is a 73 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: developmental stage that can trigger unexpected reactions. 74 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 3: I remember when I was in high school. My mum 75 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: would come and pick me up and she would have 76 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 3: her religious music blaring, like literally at the top of 77 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 3: our stereo system, which was not a good. 78 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: One choir in the high school car park. 79 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 3: I love it, so I would get her to pick 80 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: me up half an hour after school finished at the 81 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: back gate. 82 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: Well, I've got so much study to do. I'm going 83 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: to be in the library. I'll sit with the back gate. 84 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 3: Because inevitably I would open that car door and the 85 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: music would just spill out all over the ground. 86 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, Glori Hall Olivia. That sort of stuff. In all seriousness, 87 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: it does hurt as a parent when your children are 88 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: it feels like they're rejecting you. You're saying I'm here 89 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: to support you, I want to celebrate your wins. That hurts, 90 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: but I. 91 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: Think for Amy, what's actually more is the fact that 92 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: her experience as a child was about not having her 93 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: parents there when she really really wanted them. And our 94 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 3: whole experience is clouded by our own personal experiences and 95 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 3: their perspective with which we take. So her heart's breaking 96 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 3: because she knows what it feels like to not have 97 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 3: a parent there and all of the emotion around that. 98 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 3: There's a few things that really stand out. She has 99 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 3: a child, number one, who feels completely comfortable to share 100 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: her feelings, her inner feelings with her mum. 101 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: Just doing it in a clumsy, insensitive, lacking empathy kind 102 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: of way. 103 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: That's huge. Yep, that's huge, even when it hurts. That's huge, And. 104 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: That's developmentally normal that you'd have a child who's not 105 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: particularly sensitive to your feelings. They are pretty egocentric. 106 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: But number two, the recognition that you child is having 107 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: their own experience. It's not tainted by yours. Your reaction 108 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: is tainted by yours, but their experience is different. And 109 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 3: to me, the fact that she doesn't need you there 110 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: actually suggests that she knows you are there for her. 111 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: It actually, to me suggests that you're doing a great 112 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 3: job because your child doesn't feel like they need you 113 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: to see everything that's going on in their world for 114 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 3: them to feel seen, hurt in valued all value. 115 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: Points feel it, yeah, all valid points. It still hurts, though, 116 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: doesn't it? Because you just love your kids so much. 117 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: After the break. A couple of action steps to help 118 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: when your child is pushing you away and rejecting you. Okay, Kylie, 119 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: Amy's got a child who is saying, it's my life, 120 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: stay out. I'm eight, I'm a big girl. Now, I've 121 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: got my big girl pants. I'm I can do this. 122 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: I've just got a couple of action steps that I 123 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: think are going to be helpful. We can go through 124 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: this reasonably quickly. I don't believe that it's massively complicated 125 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: unless we want to make it so. So here are 126 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: my action steps. Sit down and have a hot chocolate 127 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: or a choky milkshake, some milk and cookies, just a treat, 128 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: and say I want her a follow up conversation. The 129 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: other day we were talking and you said to me 130 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: that you were embarrassed if I came to school. Is 131 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: it when I wave? Is it when I volunteer? Is 132 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: it when I sit in a certain place? Is it 133 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: because I go because I. 134 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 3: Wear bright green pants shirts. 135 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: Stream out, go Abby, You're the best in front of 136 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: everybody when everyone's quiet, Like, get a little bit of 137 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: a little bit of context around why she's feeling that way. 138 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: I think her answer is probably going to reveal that 139 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: you might be able to make some simple adjustments rather 140 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: than be completely absent. They might not, but they may. 141 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 3: So when our eldest daughter started swimming and she made 142 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: it through to districts and regional, it got harder and 143 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: harder for us to communicate together in a way that 144 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 3: she felt comfortable with, especially once she was on the block, 145 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 3: because I was the mum you know, who was pretty 146 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 3: excited to see my daughter there and was larger than life. 147 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 3: So we actually came up with a little trick to 148 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 3: communicate together. So she would look up at me and 149 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 3: I would actually just take my right ear and I 150 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 3: would give it a wiggle with my hand, and she 151 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: would know that number one, I saw her, and number 152 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 3: two that I loved her and I was with her 153 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 3: every step of the way, and she would return it. 154 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: And you didn't have to scream that in front of 155 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: everybody and make a spectacle. 156 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: And it was just a beautiful way for us to 157 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 3: communicate in a way that felt good for her. 158 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: It's so practical. Here's my next idea, offer compromises. So 159 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: you might say, well, what about if I sit in 160 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: the back, or what if I show up but I 161 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: don't volunteer, or what if I come to some events 162 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: but not others? Which events would you be okay with 163 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: me attending? 164 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 3: So I think this is really important because I don't 165 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 3: feel like just because your child says something that you 166 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 3: should forego the things that are important to you as 167 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: a parent. 168 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, and you're the one with the prefrontal cortex 169 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: and you have feeling too. 170 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 3: These are significant milestones that parents not should That's probably 171 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 3: not the word I'm looking for, but we want to 172 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 3: be a part of and so finding a compromise that 173 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 3: works for both of you, like wiggling your ear with 174 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: my eldest daughter. 175 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: Or attending some events but not others, is a. 176 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 3: Really beautiful way to acknowledge. I hear you, but my 177 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 3: needs are important too. 178 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: I want to pick up on that. The third thing 179 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: that I was going to say really aligns nicely, and 180 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: that is that we have the right as parents to 181 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: share our feelings in an age appropriate way. With our kids. 182 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: So a script like this. I get that you're embarrassed, 183 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: and I respect that, and the. 184 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: Last thing I want to do is leave you feeling 185 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 3: that way. 186 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, But I also feel a little bit sad 187 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: because I love seeing you perform or I love seeing 188 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: you do all the announcements on the assembly, and I'd 189 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: love to find a solution that can work for both 190 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: of us because you're important to me. And when we 191 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: do that, our children hopefully will develop the empathy and 192 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: have the compassion for our situation where they can say, well, yeah, okay, 193 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: I get it. I reckon, I reckon. I can work 194 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: with you on this. So that's pretty much it. I 195 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: think this is likely going to be a temporary thing, 196 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: particularly depending on how you respond to it. Amy kids 197 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: feel differently about their parents being visible in their lives, 198 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: depending on the age and stage of the child, and 199 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: depending on the relationship and the connection and those sorts 200 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: of things. I think have a chat with some other 201 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: parents in the school see if the other kids are 202 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: saying the same thing as well. Maybe this is one 203 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: of those little cohort things where one child says it 204 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: and then everyone else becomes a repeater. They all just 205 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: decide to go down that track. 206 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 3: It's interesting, once upon a time you would have had 207 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: nearly every parent there representing a family because most of 208 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: us stayed at home and we weren't in the workforce, 209 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 3: And nowadays that's not it. So you're actually kind of 210 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 3: the anomally if you are attending, because there aren't that 211 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 3: many parents around. And so maybe for her, she's kind 212 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 3: of like, why is my mom the only one who 213 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 3: shows up? It literally could be just that simple. 214 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: And I think again, building any you go. 215 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 3: Up and give her a big hut in front of 216 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 3: all of her friends. 217 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: Trusting that this is support. Right. I love this child. 218 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm supporting her be supportive in all areas of her life, 219 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: but not controlling. Supportive but not controlling, be involved. And 220 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: I think that over time she'll look back one day 221 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: and say, Mum, you're always there for me. You're always there, 222 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: and we communicate it, and I just I'm so grateful 223 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: that you made the effort even when I was resistant. 224 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: Sometimes this stuff just takes a while to come out 225 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: of the wash. Hopefully, Amy, that's been helpful. If you'd 226 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: like to submit a question and have us wrestle with 227 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: your tricky question on a Tuesday. We've got a super 228 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: simple system Happy families dot com dot I. You scroll 229 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: down to where it says podcasts, click the record button, 230 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: start talking. It's really that easy. 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