Stupid About Children Mini Podcast

What if your kid doesn't think something sounds fun? Is that the end? (20 min)

Is it merely a wound to want to have value in the world? (18 min)

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)

Is it the impact, rather than the intentions that matter? (12 minutes)

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)

11 minutes clarifying what it means to TRY

21 minutes on how a physical experience at the river encapsulates my experience with my teen daughter

13 minutes on when someone is sharing but not really sharing.

12 minutes on saying "but it was an accident" "or I didn't mean to" instead of taking our responsibility

8 minutes on why consequences suck for parents too

16 minutes on how parenting a teen is like having to nudge a bird to the edge of the nest

15 minutes on ways that my teen wasn't quite understanding win/win

23 minutes on when your kid (or anyone) says "I don't know' and the thoughts of clarification it spawned in me

24 minutes on a different way to view conflict with teens and as a teen

See also Life is a Metaphor Mini Podcast “Biking Adulting”

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

10 minutes on rephrasing the words like "bad guy" to be more clear

9 minutes exploring the deeper "why" in treating others the way we would like to be treated

8 minutes on kids noticing the inspiration available in limits

13 minutes on clarifying what listening can mean

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

Gordon Neufeld See also "Depending for Maturity" in Biting Side Podcast

18 minutes on sleeping proximally 

7 minutes on when to quit and when to push on with kids and for kids

14 minutes on kids changing their own batteries

12 minutes on bickering versus real confrontation