Ep. 140: Good News About Our Kids' Bad Behavior with Katherine Lewis

<p><strong><a href= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/ep-140-good-news-about-kids-bad-behavior-with-katherine-lewis"> Link to show notes for this episode.</a></strong></p> <p class=""><img class="alignright wp-image-7891 size-medium" src= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-11-at-1.59.27-PM-300x230.png" alt="Katherine Reynolds Lewis" width="300" height="230" />Katherine Reynolds Lewis is an independent journalist, author and speaker based in the Washington D.C. area on topics including parenting, children, education, mental health, technology, work, entrepreneurship, caregiving, diversity, equity and inclusion. Her award-winning book, <strong>The Good News About Bad Behavior</strong> (PublicAffairs, April 2018), explains why modern kids are so undisciplined and tells the stories of innovators who are rebuilding lost self-regulation, resolving family conflict and changing the trajectory of young lives. Based on the <a href= "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/schools-behavior-discipline-collaborative-proactive-solutions-ross-greene/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">most-read article</a> ever published by Mother Jones, the book documents a new model of discipline for a generation of children who are out of control.  Katherine is a certified parent educator with the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Md.</p> <p class="">Katherine contributes to The Atlantic, Experience Life, Medium, Parents, USA Today’s magazine group, the Washington Post and Working Mother magazine. Her byline has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, MSN Money, Money, the New York Times, Parade, Slate, and the Washington Post Magazine. She's appeared on CNN, NPR, Bloomberg television and radio, and HuffPost Live, as well as many TV and radio programs nationally and internationally.</p> <h2><span style="color: #1176bc">Big Ideas</span></h2> <p class="p1">Kids today really do behave differently than in previous generations.</p> <p class="p1">It’s important to model to