How to Help a Wild Child

I caught you in the in the parking lot. Look at that. >> [laughter] >> What kind of What kind of watch is that? What would you recommend I do with a son that is extremely wild? He knows how to push every single one of my buttons. >> Sometimes parents feel like out of sight, out of mind. Like if I can get the kid to curb his intensity, then I accomplished something. But the reality is it's going to overflow somewhere else and not necessarily in the best way. Intensity has to be channeled. >> There was a time I was probably in my early 20s and I was I was getting a little bit depressed and and I and I spoke to my mother and she whipped out this Abraham Maslow quote. Abraham Maslow, a psychologist. And she says creative capacities clamor to be occupied. You have to use some of your energy and then you'll feel better. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> It has to be a channel. Sometimes it could just be physical exertion, you know, go play ball with the kid. >> Mhm. >> Let him run around. Does he have like a thing like a creative thing like building blocks? >> Yeah, he's amazing. [music] He's like building Manhattan. >> Building Manhattan with what Lego? >> With everything he can find. >> That's perfect. Also give him puzzles. >> But he like finishes them in a second. >> Then get him more. Get him more. >> Yeah, just get him more, right? >> Lots of that. The more he channels his energy, the healthier he is. Energy is not a bad thing, it's a great thing. But when it's when it doesn't have a channel, it becomes