Becky Kennedy

Rebecca "Dr. Becky" Kennedy, PhD is a clinical psychologist, known for her parenting advice. Quotes "I think, as humans, whether you're talking about a toddler, or someone running a country, or a group of people: We're just looking to be believed. That's all. Having something that feels true to you, and not having someone believe you, is a horrible human experience, and you will fight to the death to be believed. And if you're not believed, you will escalate your expression, and get more and more intense in your behavior, in an attempt to be believed, which usually makes the other party more pissed off and more defensive, and so then of course you have to escalate it further..." Said on What Now with Trevor Noah, December 4, 2025