Wonderful interview, I particularly love this and so strongly agree:
"I feel like we've lost the plot in this whole support-for-parents thing. I wanted to bring it back to that space between being so helpful that it's actually rigid, and being like, “I don't want to talk about anything, I'm not going to look at anything, I'm not going to read anything” — and then it just feels very chaotic and scary. I wanted to find the parents and caregivers who are looking for the space between those two things."
Would love to hear how it goes with asking your kids about the your top 5 values. I think I want to try it too but I’m definitely afraid and wouldn’t mind some encouragement. In the meantime I’ll reflect on how to explain my top 5 for when they inevitably get it wrong. At least with 5 there’s some hope that some will be right.
This is so good! I love the book, raising good humans, as a mom of 2 under 3. I want to get a cool print made of our family values because I just want to remind our kids how their dad and I go about seeing the world.
Thank you for this interview - as a young mom it's so refreshing to hear that I can mess up and my kids will still be okay.
Bookmarking "chaotic feeling of uncertainty" for future consideration. That vividly describes a part of my childhood that I'm still unpacking as an adult and a parent.
Wonderful interview, I particularly love this and so strongly agree:
"I feel like we've lost the plot in this whole support-for-parents thing. I wanted to bring it back to that space between being so helpful that it's actually rigid, and being like, “I don't want to talk about anything, I'm not going to look at anything, I'm not going to read anything” — and then it just feels very chaotic and scary. I wanted to find the parents and caregivers who are looking for the space between those two things."
I look forward to reading the book.
Would love to hear how it goes with asking your kids about the your top 5 values. I think I want to try it too but I’m definitely afraid and wouldn’t mind some encouragement. In the meantime I’ll reflect on how to explain my top 5 for when they inevitably get it wrong. At least with 5 there’s some hope that some will be right.
This is so good! I love the book, raising good humans, as a mom of 2 under 3. I want to get a cool print made of our family values because I just want to remind our kids how their dad and I go about seeing the world.
Thank you for this interview - as a young mom it's so refreshing to hear that I can mess up and my kids will still be okay.
Bookmarking "chaotic feeling of uncertainty" for future consideration. That vividly describes a part of my childhood that I'm still unpacking as an adult and a parent.