We’ve been a little slack with the RVs this year – we’re blaming it on the fact that we’ve had a whole heap of outstanding guests, however have found a break in the battle this week to reflect on some of those conversations.   During this episode, we’ve grouped a few of the recent interviews into the topic of parenting and childhood.  Over the past few weeks, we’ve learnt a lot from Steve Biddulph, Rick Pedley-Smith, David Gillespie and Marc Mexsom on what right (and wrong) looks like when it comes to raising children and in this RV, we look back at some of the big take-aways.

As always, please let us know what you think!  Good, bad or indifferent, we’d love to hear from you – please email [email protected].

Intelligence Summary (INTSUM)

00:59          What’s an RV?  (It’s been so long since we did one that we’d forgotten…)

02:05          Reflections on our discussion with Steve Biddulph

03:10          Ben’s attempts to incorporate some Steve Biddulph – and David Gillespie – advice into the Pronk household

08:10          Rick Pedley-Smith’s Rite of Passage program

12:24          Reflections on our discussion with David Gillespie, author of Teen Brain

12:50          Ben tries to describe the neurochemistry of a teenager’s brain.  It is unlikely to be very accurate….

16:45          Remembering back to our chat with Dr Linda Monshizadeh and her discussion of selfie dysmorphia

17:30          Comparisons with the Netflix documentary Social Dilemma

20:15          Reflections on our chat with Marc Mexsom, founder of Community Courage

23:20          Listener feedback and questions

24:30          Feedback from Adam, the founder of Boys to the Bush – doing great work in a similar vein to Rick Pedley-Smith

25:30          Nick Kalimeris – Rite of Passage graduate and emerging musician.  Links to Nik’s work below!

 Music

All music on this episode is from the incredibly talented Nik Kali, musician and alumni from Rick Pedley-Smith’s Rite of Passage program.  Check out Nik and his work on the links below:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkali_/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nik-kali-666320786

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2vGpmYNitxP9qA6HZ3uKfk?si=DmPHcJY3TjabUCvWl91vMA