Cover art for Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief & Estrangement

Christina Workman

Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief & Estrangement

Being Good Doesn’t Erase Impact

Published
October 2, 2026
Duration
42:20
Summary source
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Last updated
Oct 2, 2026

Discusses health, mental, kids, family, parenting.

Summary

Good parents can still hurt their kids.That sentence makes people defensive because it touches the place where we want our goodness to protect us from impact.But being good does not mean every moment was safe.Loving your child does not mean they felt heard.Doing your best does not mean nothing hurt.In this episode, Chris Workman talks about the part of pa…

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Show notes

Good parents can still hurt their kids.That sentence makes people defensive because it touches the place where we want our goodness to protect us from impact.But being good does not mean every moment was safe.Loving your child does not mean they felt heard.Doing your best does not mean nothing hurt.In this episode, Chris Workman talks about the part of parent accountability nobody wants to sit with: what happens when an adult child says, “That hurt me,” and the parent hears, “I’m bad.”This is no

Themes

  • health
  • mental
  • kids
  • family
  • parenting