Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids in an Anxious World | Dr. Roger Smith | Ep. 199

The rising rates of anxiety in our culture.

Tell us what you think has caused that, or just speak to that a little bit.

We have kind of an anonymous society.

Everybody's a stranger.

When you pull up to a store or to gas up your vehicle, you're, to, to buy groceries, you rarely do you know the people.

It's an anonymous society, so it's easy for us to be afraid of the people, or frustrated by the people that we don't know, that they just seem stupid to us.

When we do know them, we know, [laughs] "Oh, they're just having a bad day." You know, we give them more grace.

We have all this emotion because we have lost community.

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Today is part two of my conversation with my dear friend Roger Smith.

If you missed part one, be sure to go back an episode to catch up.

Roger Smith is a medical doctor from Gilbert, Louisiana, where he practiced pediatrics and internal medicine.

He and his wife Jan homeschooled all four of their children through high school, and together they have spent many years speaking at conferences on marriage, parenting, and family relationships.

His mission is simple, to help family relationships be healthy because that is making a lasting difference.

Please welcome Dr. Roger Smith.