Parenting Expert Reveals The Top 3 Parenting Mistakes Most Parents Make | Dr. Tom Cowan
What if everything you think about parenting is backwards?
In this episode, I join Dr. Kelly Brogan for a conversation about parenting. I’ve spent decades questioning dominant narratives in medicine, biology, and now parenting. My latest book, Commonsense Childrearing, offers a radically different lens on how we raise our children—one grounded in trust, presence, and actual lived experience.
We talk about what it really means to get on your child’s team, how “bad” behavior is often a form of communication, and why the instinct to punish or correct usually backfires. I share stories from my professional work and personal life that reframe everything from food fights to emotional outbursts, including why you probably shouldn’t play with your kids. This conversation has the potential to shift perspectives in a deep way.