Host: Cindy Hovington, Ph.D.

Guest: Chazz Lewis, parenting and education specialist

His mission is to help adults truly See, Guide, and Trust children. He envisions moving the needle a little closer to world peace. He goes by, “Mr. Chazz” and he even has a song to prove it. He has been a teacher of teachers and parents. He has worked with many schools, 1,000s of teachers and 1,000s of children. He has trained thousands of teachers in person and virtually. He earned his Master’s in Executive Leadership at American University. He has over 230K+ on Tiktok (@MrchazzMrchazz) and 150K+ on Instagram (Mrchazz). He has appeared on platforms like Good Morning America and Parents.com. He is in the process of writing a book. He has his own podcast called, “Mr. Chazz’s Leadership, Parenting and Teaching Podcast.” He coaches 400+ people in his community. www.patreon.com/mrchazz

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Summary:

In today’s episode, we discuss how to see, guide and trust our child with Mr. Chazz, an educator, and parent coach. We begin our conversation by discussing spanking and how we could be more mindful of these generational cycles. We then get into a beautiful conversation about behavior and discipline. What does it mean to discipline? How should we discipline a child that is hitting? Our conversation moves to the parent and how we may have been taught to suppress our emotions, which then makes it harder to teach our children how to handle their own emotions. Sometimes, parents are not on the same page when it comes to parenting. Mr. Chazz discusses how we need to remove judgment in our conversation with our spouse when having these types of conversations. Lastly, what should you do if you do not agree with how you were raised and your parents want to babysit your child? Such an important conversation for all parents! I hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Resources:

Mr. Chazz’s Podcast HERE
Mr. Chazz on Instagram
Mr. Chazz on Tic Tok
Join his membership or get coached by Mr. Chazz on his Patreon HERE

Research:

Below are some studies about spanking. “Corporal punishment (CP) is the use of physical force, including hitting, spanking, smacking, whupping or slapping a child, “with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purpose of correcting or controlling the child’s behavior” (Straus & Donnelly, 2005, pg. 3). Corporal punishment is lawful in the home in all U.S. states, and it is lawful in public schools in 19 U.S. states (Gershoff & Font, 2016).”

Moving research beyond the spanking debate HERE
Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research HERE
The relationships between harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence in adulthood HERE
Using Bayesian analysis to examine associations between spanking and child externalizing behavior across race and ethnic groups HERE

**The Curious Neuron podcast is supported by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute at The Neuro. The Neuro is the first health sciences institution in the world to commit to Open Science, an approach to research that ensures scientific knowledge is shared widely and transparently.

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