Stupid About Children Podcast: Recent Episodes
Metaphor Lover
Pointing out alternative ways to look at what we do with children. We often don't think beyond what we have been socialized to.
Is it possible to show our kids how to have both the big picture and the moment in our grasp? (15 minutes)
Do we have an underlying belief that childhood is when you don't have responsibilities? (19min)
Does looking the basics of the machine at work help us when we are navigating the video game of life? And what do we do when we level up and have no tools? (21 minutes)
21 minutes on how a physical experience at the river encapsulates my experience with my teen daughter
12 minutes on saying "but it was an accident" "or I didn't mean to" instead of taking our responsibility
16 minutes on how parenting a teen is like having to nudge a bird to the edge of the nest
23 minutes on when your kid (or anyone) says "I don't know' and the thoughts of clarification it spawned in me
33 minutes asking why it has to be either the kids or the parents who are the most important in the family...why not both
9 minutes exploring the deeper "why" in treating others the way we would like to be treated
9 minutes on teachings kids to be just as fascinated and responsible for their non physical body as their physical one
18 minutes on how we can use what we do with our bodies to inform what we do with our kids
10 minutes on how sometimes we think we are trying when actually we are just thinking about trying