🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 37

Title: How much can we protect our kids' innocence?

Description:

It’s the morning of June 14th, and I’m on my way to Starbucks before a housewarming party at Jamie and Luci’s. Last night’s movie with my kids stirred something deeper in me. First Noah, then Leo—both got scared and had to leave. And then that Final Destination skull poster… it just pushed me to reflect on what our kids are exposed to visually, and how much of it we can—or should—control. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m asking the questions again.

I talk about:

• Taking the boys to How to Train Your Dragon and why they couldn’t finish
• The impact of a scary skull poster outside the theater
• Why I was moved when it got replaced with a Brad Pitt racing movie poster
• Whether video calls dull the sweetness of reunions
• My wrestle with overexposure and stimulation in modern parenting
• The difference between protecting innocence and isolating kids
• My 90s homeschool flashback and what I want for my family today

💡 Highlights & Timestamps:

00:00 – Driving to Starbucks and Kroger before Jamie & Lucy’s house party

01:35 – How Noah and Leo both reacted to the movie last night

04:40 – The skull poster that scared Leo even more—and what happened next

07:50 – Visual stimuli change the energy of a place; I felt it viscerally

10:10 – Wrestling with modern parenting: protect or expose?

13:20 – Remembering the ultra-sheltered 90s Christian kids…and learning from it

15:00 – Reflecting on the cost of overstimulation in childhood today

🧠 Core Takeaway:

“When the poster changed, the room changed—and it reminded me just how much our kids are absorbing."

🙏 Closing Line:

Crumb Confessional #37 — I’m just trying to spend as much time as I can with my family…and think intentionally.