Whatever Amen : Parenting With Trust

I think this might be the best episode of this podcast so far. I didn’t realize that until I listened to it this morning for the first time straight through. There are within it are so many insights and clues about being human, about learning and growing, and about why so many people are unhappy. And like all of Season 9, it’s all thanks to my three favorite creatures of all time, my kids.

Today they cover topics such as…

What it means to be an adult

Being free to try things and to make mistakes

Everyone wants to be trustworthy but mostly we can’t trust

The pitfall of “all or nothing” thinking

The value of role models

And what is it that people need in order to grow up to be happy, resourceful, and able to face the challenges of life?

Language alert - some of us couldn’t talk about this topic without liberal use of the F word. Consider yourself warned.... this is the real deal.

Whatever, whatever, Amen.

Moving right along with all the bad subjects, today's episode is about mistakes! Parents' mistakes in particular, but really just the overall joy of being wrong and living in a horrifying world.

Have fun with it!

 

Amy Childs | Happiness Consultant

I can tell you this: anyone interested in how small people can turn into happy productive big people - without going to school - will love hearing about all the things that Blake Boles is up to.

"Among the most agonizing kinds of growth that I’ve had to do, in facing up to who I am and what’s inside of me, is in relation to my kids. Almost nothing in my life has been more humbling and difficult and slow and rewarding." - Kara Tennis

An unsuccessful attempt to examine the effects that parenting has had on my emotional growth, and other failures.

So there’s this “funny sign” out there that says "Teenagers- tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now! Move out, get a job, pay your bills! While you still know everything!" And I REALLY hate it.

Retiring from parenthood, and the most important thing I think kids (of any age) can say to their parents.

Although Daniel and I don't always see or articulate things in the same way, I am so grateful for the courageous work he has done and continues to do - not only for himself, but for the planet, for the world's children and for the child inside each one of us.

When asked if I agree with Daniel (that unhealed people should not have kids), I start out explaining that I’m not usually cool with the word ‘should.’

“Stuff” includes: spanking, hands-off forms of torture, freeing slaves and children, bad feelings, levels of consciousness, arithmetic and calculus, and growing past our teachers.