FLAME with Brad Hook
Positive Parenting and the Importance of Unlearning for Personal Growth
School psychologist Dr Jessica Koehler has assessed children in every kind of setting — and homeschooled her own. Her conclusion: much of what parents most need to do is unlearn.
Jessica's credentials run deep — a Maryland PhD researching teacher beliefs, Georgetown research roles, neuropsychological evaluation work, and years of psycho-educational assessment in diverse schools. That background gives her parenting perspective unusual range: she's seen what helps children thrive across radically different environments.
The conversation covers positive parenting grounded in evidence rather than trend, why beliefs adults absorbed about learning and discipline often need dismantling, and what her own homeschooling journey taught her that the credentials didn't. Long, rich and honest about the hard parts.
In this episode
- Unlearning as the first parenting skill
- Evidence-based positive parenting vs trends
- What thousands of assessments reveal about thriving kids
- Teacher and parent beliefs — the hidden curriculum
- Lessons from homeschooling with a psychologist's eyes
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