What if one of the hardest parts of parenting isn’t figuring out how to control our kids’ behavior, emotions, and choices… but learning to let go of that control?

In this episode, I’m talking with writer and mother Anya Jensen about her philosophy of detachment parenting.

Anya found herself struggling with the emotional demands of parenting teenagers and the growing tension in her relationship with her daughter. She eventually realized that some of her heartache came from trying to control things that were never actually hers to control.

We talk about what detachment parenting really means, why moms can feel responsible for their kids’ emotions, and how we can love our children deeply without taking on every emotion, problem, or disappointment they experience.

And while Anya’s work focuses heavily on teenagers, I think this idea applies to motherhood at every stage: We can support our kids without trying to control them.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What “detachment parenting” actually means
• Why moms feel responsible for their kids’ emotions
• The emotional exhaustion that can come with parenting teenagers
• Learning to accept the limits of our influence
• Parenting our kids without trying to give them the childhood we wish we had
• What detachment can look like in everyday parenting
• Loving our kids without losing ourselves

Connect with Anya:
Tiktok: @detachmentparenting
Substack: Notes by Anya
YouTube: Notes by Anya

The takeaway: Detachment doesn’t mean caring less. Sometimes it means learning to love our kids while letting them have their own feelings, make their own choices, and become their own people.

📺 Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOpw5ui4uxJHx0tLFVtpnfSkpObfc4d-K

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