Your child is disinterested in sport, what next? Dr. Jeremy Blumenthal

On this episode Kirsty Robbie sits down with Psychiatrist Dr. Jeremy Blumenthal to discuss childhood sport, parenting, the internet, social-media and so much more.

Check out Dr. Jeremy here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-blumenthal-61614a78/?originalSubdomain=au

https://www.healthshare.com.au/profile/professional/162594-dr-jeremy-blumenthal/#overview

Watch the full episode on youtube here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhOzAQUsSPU


Show Notes

2:05-3:00 - Psychologist vs Psychiatrist 

03:05-04:00 - Phineas Gage who is he?

04:05-5:00 - Slicing up brains in college

06:10-7:00 - Sport can be tough

07:15-8:05 - Afl explained by a Psychiatrist

09:15-10:07 - Self esteem coupled with performance is troubling

10:40-11:24 - How important is sport at school?

12:15-12:40 - What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger

13:00-13:55 - Fear vs Anxiety

14:45-15:31 - Kids can be cruel

15:40-16:27 - Classic, Immigrant, Woggy disaster at school

17:30-18:20 - Should every kid get a ribbon?

19:45-20:40 - Sport is all about winning and losing

20:55-21:45  - What motivates someone to coach?

22:35-23:26 - Understanding consequence at 6 years old

24:23-25:16 - Hormones & reproductive sexuality

27:00-27:45 - Cruel coaching

28:50-29:40 - Extravagant praise

30:10-31:05 - Feedback for your kids

31:10-32:05 - Losing my mom to cancer at 14

32:25-33:20 - Kids and parents at sport

36:00-36:55 - Paralysing anxiety in teenagers

38:30-39:25 - Getting value out of school as a teenager

40:05-41:00  - Parental pressure is counter productive

41:25-42:20 - Internet is wrecking schools

42:45-43:13 - Keep boundaries in tact for society

43:20-44:10 - Don’t attack kids at sport