Originally recorded in June 2020, My best friend and I (since 2009) have a conversation about race. Even though we were both army brats we had wildly different school and home education around race and racism. This has allowed me to learn a lot from her and I hope you learn something too.

If you want to hear more about my education check out the episodes I did with my mom

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Labeling is often our way of making sense of the world. One of the things we often label is each other. Sometimes it is for encouragement or to make that person feel good about themselves. Other times it is to discourage a behavior or used as a way to “other” people. Regardless of the intent of labeling children, ourselves, and others often fall short of our goal. In this episode, I discuss the impact labels often have and what we can do instead of label.

00:00-01:00 Intro

01:00-03:59 Labels story

03:59-09:03 My experience with positive labels

09:03-12:22 Positive labels in general

12:22-16:31 Sportscasting

16:31-20:01 Focus on strengths

20:01-22:17 outro

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I started exploring the ideas around gender about 5.5 years ago when I found out my oldest would be assigned male at birth. For me, it was very impactful because I grew up with the mindset that women and girls could be anything and that we were making progress. I realized that it wasn't really the same for boys and men. Meaning that boys and men can be anything as long as it's not feminine or typically associated with women. I believe that this negative association with men being feminine is one of many things that continues to drive inequality.

I learned that many of the things I thought to be facts about gender were not. Instead, it's what I've been lead to believe by society. In this episode, I share some truths about gender and a few ways it affects the decisions we make for our kids.

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August 25-31 is Black Breast Feeding Week. In this episode, I talk about the importance of having this week.

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I’m sure everyone has heard someone call gentle parenting permissive, but is it really? What does this mean for our kids? In this episode, I talk about the 4 main types of parenting. I review the history, cultural issues, research issues, and more.

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Since the start of quarantine what was normal has changed for so many of us. It’s honestly a struggle coping through these times. In this episode I hold space for the changes are hardships this has brought everyone.

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If you haven't listened to part 1 you can find it here:

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https://youtu.be/XRJ8qW9eyVA

Part 2 of the conversation with my mom. We talk about our lack of education around race and she supports me through my oldest getting upset.

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All my life I've been living this bubble of equality and colorblindness. That bubble has officially popped. I actually think it popped when my 4-year-old was born I've just been holding on to the past. As he gets older it becomes harder to hold on to and it's time I finally let go and face reality.

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With the current state of the U.S., I wanted to have conversations around race with my mom that I hadn’t had before. We start off with information that was very new to me, What it was like for my grandmother coming to the U.S. from Panama in the late sixties. We also talk about what it was like for her to be the oldest of all of her siblings. I hope you enjoy the beginning part of our conversation.

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In this podcast, I give my definition of Gentle Parenting. I share a few details of strategies gentle parenting does and does not include. I also introduce myself and give a brief overview of events that led me to this parenting style.