Parenting Porcupines

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  • The purpose and scope of the episode-
    • How do we teach our kids their actions have consequences when it seems everyone wants to blame someone else for everything?
  • Today’s topic:
    • Do your kids know what cancel culture is?:
      • When they don’t want to play with someone who is being a jerk, they should walk away; when others won’t play with them, they should stop being jerks.
      • Don’t be an asshole. Just because you can be, doesn’t mean you should be.
      • Grace and truth as a spectrum: treat each instance with the appropriate amount of grace and the appropriate amount of truth
    • Cancel culture is not new; social media exacerbates it. Who’s to blame?
      • Millennials who have never been punched in the face for saying something.
        • Who want everything to be fair.
        • Who expect someone else will solve their problems and take care of them.
        • The result of a failed parenting strategy that tried to protect them from everything.
      • GenX who hasn’t stepped up to lead.
        • Cynicism and snark are not leadership.
        • Being squeezed out because they don’t give a damn.
      • Baby Boomers who won’t take responsibility for the shitshow they have created.
        • Who trade in thinly veiled racism
        • Who amass power and refuse to relinquish it
        • Who make policy and legislation that erode our civil liberties
    • What can we do about it?
      • Teach your kids to resist blaming others
      • Help them see that there are real consequences for their actions
      • Model grace — forgiveness — and truth in all circumstances
      • Stop expecting to be offended by everything.
    • Full show notes on the blog
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Parenting PorcupinesBy Kasie Whitener , Jessica Ethridge, Melissa Couture, Alex Thornton