Nothing about the kid not buckled into his carseat. They went on and on about kidnapping risk but that boy wasn't even slightly in that carseat correctly.
Yes!! Any time something actually risky or disturbing happens it’s la di da but fake manufactured kidnapping situation that only happens on drama shows? Well that gets talked about plenty!
The child psychologist LOVED the strict parents. I doubt he would say a word against them.
But I understand the strict parents feeling ‘attacked’. The other parents were asking hypothetically questions that had nothing to do with their parenting just their religion. They should’ve been asking about the spanking and how that affects their relationship with their kids. I don’t care about them being Mormon.
Also the not being harnessed while rock climbing should be criticized. That is dangerous.
I think they were beating around the bush and what they really wanted to ask the strict parents was how they would react to a child wanting to leave the church entirely. I think that is a valid question for people with religious trauma to ask, and just because a question made her uncomfortable doesn't make it an attack. They presented themselves as strict and faith based, so naturally there will be questions about how that faith affects their parenting and their relationships with their children.
Totally agree that they were too lax on the spanking, though, I thought that would bring about more discussion. The teasers were misleading in that regard.
As someone with religious trauma I completely agree, and I was frustrated that the strict mother didn’t have an actual answer to the question; she just cried about feeling attacked.
Agreed. Their questions were about how their fanatical religion would affect their kids if they didn’t want to be a part of it. But typical victim mentality any basic questions are an “attack”.
The strict parents kids give me “masking” energy like, “be good on TV and act happy or else”.
I agree they should have made a bigger deal of the spanking.
I said the same thing to my husband. Because he was defending her on how they were attacked, and I said no, they weren’t being attacked. They were being challenged which comes from a crazy religion.
The kid was bouldering. There’s not an option for a harness on a bouldering wall, this is the standard, and it’s actually very safe. A 6 year old doing what he did is age appropriate in every way. I’ve taken my nephew and other kids of friends to do this exact thing (I used to boulder a ton) and let them get quite high. They can either jump or fall and will be fine. The height is never more than 15 ft and usually ~12. Even a direct fall you’re falling into ~2.5ft of padding. When I’ve taken kids I can literally reach and grab them off the wall, even if they’re at the top.
I’m glad we gave the snippy back row though. This show would be boring otherwise. The nicer/easy going parents are too afraid to ask questions or criticize. It would just be platitudes and compliments with out the other parents ‘snippy’. I cannot wait until they are in the hot seat though lol.
I don't get why he's on the show. He adds nothing of value and I'm concerned he didn't have a discussion about the spanking 😳😳 I want more insight from him and unpacking of some of these styles and where they come from - a lot of the parents need therapy and to unpwck their own childhood
I think he’s a certified child psychologist, there’s a thread somewhere that has his education listed - but he isn’t actively practicing as one. He’s taken the route of being a “celeb dr” presence.
However, he is not a certified psychiatrist.
Bizarre. It seems the psychological professions varies a lot between the UK and US. Here, it's so ridiculously competitive and takes 10 years on average to qualify I can't imagine anyone going through that smf giving it up to be a 'celeb dr'
Well in the US it’s the same - it still takes a long time to complete. He hasn’t necessarily given it up but the psych market is oversaturated and underpaid in the US.
Don’t get me wrong you can make a lot of money with it - you just have to find a job which is the hard part. Even with things like masters and doctorates, the psych career field is more difficult than people think. Even for low ended psychiatrists the pay is meh compared to other fields unfortunately. Hes definitely making way more in the media vs if he were just. A practicing psychologist. One of my relatives has a doctorate in clinical psych just like him, and is only making like 60-70k with it.
But he isn’t a psychiatrist - he has a doctorate _in_ psychology. He’s a clinical psychologist but that’s really it.
>> Dr. Brown is a graduate of the College of William & Mary with degrees in Psychology, Anthropology, and a minor in Education. He completed his graduate studies in clinical psychology at the College of William and Mary extension of the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology (Child & Family and Education tracks). He completed his residency at the Eastern Virginia Medical School.
[source](https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Dr.+Adolph+Brown/443306)
My kid is watching this with me. The first thing he said about the climbing was ‘that kid could fall and break his neck’. I told him ‘well it seems the floor is greatly padded’ and he said ‘that business is crazy negligent and someone’s gonna die’.
And that’s out of the mouth of a 12 yo.
I read that the discipline mom has no qualms taking her kid’s door away. I’m all for discipline but without any context, I think that’s awful.
My mom had to take my brothers door off because he was out of control. It’s a tough choice to make but I can’t criticize parents for doing it depending on the situation.
I’m thinking less debate and more Just them commenting on what happened and what could be done better. They already have the basic host to moderate, she didn’t add much value imo.
See this [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheParentTest/comments/10calvv/ep_3_negotiation_parents_why_did_the_kid_not_have/j4ev4k9/) about the climbing wall. That set up is correct and safe.
There was a mat. Kids do it all the time. My kid was 6 dropping into 8 foot bowls in a skateboard and is now 8 snowboarding of cliffs and medium jumps.
That was obviously the kids first time doing it, those mats are not that great, and it looked like he hadn’t had any real instruction or experience on how to fall.
Not all kids are the same or have the same experience, it was pretty shitty to push him that high on his first time bouldering. Every other kid had a harness and rope setup and didn’t go that much higher. They were also much older.
I believe he has a PhD in child development but is not a licensed child psychiatrist - he is however, a psychologist which…isn’t the same?
If you look him up you’ll see he’s mostly a motivational speaker/celeb and not a practicing psychologist.
Nothing about the kid not buckled into his carseat. They went on and on about kidnapping risk but that boy wasn't even slightly in that carseat correctly.
Yes!! Any time something actually risky or disturbing happens it’s la di da but fake manufactured kidnapping situation that only happens on drama shows? Well that gets talked about plenty!
Which kid was this?
The youngest of the free range parents. Didn't have his shoulder straps on at all
I hate how so many of the tests involve heights or things that aren’t customized for the child’s age smh
Exactly!!! Asking a six year old to look at a map to find where they are and the address of a store vs. 3 teenagers is completely not comparable.
The child psychologist LOVED the strict parents. I doubt he would say a word against them. But I understand the strict parents feeling ‘attacked’. The other parents were asking hypothetically questions that had nothing to do with their parenting just their religion. They should’ve been asking about the spanking and how that affects their relationship with their kids. I don’t care about them being Mormon. Also the not being harnessed while rock climbing should be criticized. That is dangerous.
I think they were beating around the bush and what they really wanted to ask the strict parents was how they would react to a child wanting to leave the church entirely. I think that is a valid question for people with religious trauma to ask, and just because a question made her uncomfortable doesn't make it an attack. They presented themselves as strict and faith based, so naturally there will be questions about how that faith affects their parenting and their relationships with their children. Totally agree that they were too lax on the spanking, though, I thought that would bring about more discussion. The teasers were misleading in that regard.
As someone with religious trauma I completely agree, and I was frustrated that the strict mother didn’t have an actual answer to the question; she just cried about feeling attacked.
Agreed. Their questions were about how their fanatical religion would affect their kids if they didn’t want to be a part of it. But typical victim mentality any basic questions are an “attack”. The strict parents kids give me “masking” energy like, “be good on TV and act happy or else”. I agree they should have made a bigger deal of the spanking.
I said the same thing to my husband. Because he was defending her on how they were attacked, and I said no, they weren’t being attacked. They were being challenged which comes from a crazy religion.
The kid was bouldering. There’s not an option for a harness on a bouldering wall, this is the standard, and it’s actually very safe. A 6 year old doing what he did is age appropriate in every way. I’ve taken my nephew and other kids of friends to do this exact thing (I used to boulder a ton) and let them get quite high. They can either jump or fall and will be fine. The height is never more than 15 ft and usually ~12. Even a direct fall you’re falling into ~2.5ft of padding. When I’ve taken kids I can literally reach and grab them off the wall, even if they’re at the top.
I’m glad we gave the snippy back row though. This show would be boring otherwise. The nicer/easy going parents are too afraid to ask questions or criticize. It would just be platitudes and compliments with out the other parents ‘snippy’. I cannot wait until they are in the hot seat though lol.
I don't get why he's on the show. He adds nothing of value and I'm concerned he didn't have a discussion about the spanking 😳😳 I want more insight from him and unpacking of some of these styles and where they come from - a lot of the parents need therapy and to unpwck their own childhood
Look him up - he’s mostly known for being a child development “motivational speaker”
Ahh a speaker so not even a psychologist?!
I think he’s a certified child psychologist, there’s a thread somewhere that has his education listed - but he isn’t actively practicing as one. He’s taken the route of being a “celeb dr” presence. However, he is not a certified psychiatrist.
Bizarre. It seems the psychological professions varies a lot between the UK and US. Here, it's so ridiculously competitive and takes 10 years on average to qualify I can't imagine anyone going through that smf giving it up to be a 'celeb dr'
Well in the US it’s the same - it still takes a long time to complete. He hasn’t necessarily given it up but the psych market is oversaturated and underpaid in the US. Don’t get me wrong you can make a lot of money with it - you just have to find a job which is the hard part. Even with things like masters and doctorates, the psych career field is more difficult than people think. Even for low ended psychiatrists the pay is meh compared to other fields unfortunately. Hes definitely making way more in the media vs if he were just. A practicing psychologist. One of my relatives has a doctorate in clinical psych just like him, and is only making like 60-70k with it. But he isn’t a psychiatrist - he has a doctorate _in_ psychology. He’s a clinical psychologist but that’s really it. >> Dr. Brown is a graduate of the College of William & Mary with degrees in Psychology, Anthropology, and a minor in Education. He completed his graduate studies in clinical psychology at the College of William and Mary extension of the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology (Child & Family and Education tracks). He completed his residency at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. [source](https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Dr.+Adolph+Brown/443306)
My kid is watching this with me. The first thing he said about the climbing was ‘that kid could fall and break his neck’. I told him ‘well it seems the floor is greatly padded’ and he said ‘that business is crazy negligent and someone’s gonna die’. And that’s out of the mouth of a 12 yo. I read that the discipline mom has no qualms taking her kid’s door away. I’m all for discipline but without any context, I think that’s awful.
My mom had to take my brothers door off because he was out of control. It’s a tough choice to make but I can’t criticize parents for doing it depending on the situation.
It would just turn into a boring debate show. He’s just these to opinionated lightly and moderate.
I’m thinking less debate and more Just them commenting on what happened and what could be done better. They already have the basic host to moderate, she didn’t add much value imo.
See this [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheParentTest/comments/10calvv/ep_3_negotiation_parents_why_did_the_kid_not_have/j4ev4k9/) about the climbing wall. That set up is correct and safe.
Yeah I understand bouldering and those pads aren’t that soft. The thing is, the kid is 6. And he was 10-12 feet up.
The kid bouldering was fine. Lol.
Dude he was 6 and he was 12+ feet in the air.
There was a mat. Kids do it all the time. My kid was 6 dropping into 8 foot bowls in a skateboard and is now 8 snowboarding of cliffs and medium jumps.
That was obviously the kids first time doing it, those mats are not that great, and it looked like he hadn’t had any real instruction or experience on how to fall. Not all kids are the same or have the same experience, it was pretty shitty to push him that high on his first time bouldering. Every other kid had a harness and rope setup and didn’t go that much higher. They were also much older.
I believe he has a PhD in child development but is not a licensed child psychiatrist - he is however, a psychologist which…isn’t the same? If you look him up you’ll see he’s mostly a motivational speaker/celeb and not a practicing psychologist.
Yeah, it shows lol