The Maternal Instinct Is DYING - Here’s How 3 Generations Killed It ft. Erica Komisar

We've mentioned Erica Komisar multiple times on this podcast, so it's a great pleasure to be able to interview her on today's episode.

Erica is a mother, clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. She is particularly known for her defense of motherhood and a woman's instinct to mother against our very anti-family culture.

This conversation gave a lot of scientific background to a lot of what we talk about here at Family Teams, as well as extremely helpful practical wisdom for parents today.

On this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

0:19 The Instinct of a Mother

3:00 The Value of Guilt

6:38 The Nature of Empathy

11:32 "Parenting" vs "Mothering"

19:45 The Fragility of Young Boys

25:17 3 Traditions

32:05 Why It's Important To Call This Injustice

34:38 Multigenerational Family As The Answer?

40:34 The Cost of Conflict and Speaking Up

Resources Mentioned:

Erica's Website: https://www.ericakomisar.com/

Being There by Erica Komisar: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143109294/

Free 5 Day Course to Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform

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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!