#29 Raising a Boy Part I

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05/16/21 • 23 min

Raising boys today.

"He's so cute and smart and handsome, he made varsity, he has so many friends, he is going places, I just know it!" I have yet to meet a mom who isn't convinced the sun shines out of her boy's, um, face. And yes, raising a boy (I don't have girls, so no idea) is such a delight. But what if we recognize, these aren't just OUR boys, these are society's men one day, leaders, fathers, soldiers, friends. Would we still do everything the same way or would we take a closer look at where, maybe, we're letting them get away with stuff they shouldn't, or that there sisters maybe don't? And where, on the other hand, are we not taking care of them in the same emphatic way we would girls perhaps? Join me for this first of two episodes and lemme know what you think (about your boys)!

Raising boys today.

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#28 Regrets

Regrets are futile, so why do we have them?

Regrets. Had a few? Then again too few to mention? As life progresses and the pandemic continues, it's easy to start looking backward when forward seems uncertain, daunting even. What can we do in hindsight when we realize, "dammit, I shoulda, woulda, coulda done that differently!" Is there a way to bend current realities and get some of the regretful stuff back? To catch up on all those things we have FOMO about, to even get what we didn't get before? I believe so. Tune in to find out more about dreadful regrets and helpful ways outta there.

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#30 Raising a Boy Part II

Raising future leaders, not assholes

So, in part one we talked about the social aspect of raising our boys. Now we get down and dirty with the political, societal fallout of raising male-identiefied children. We even get into the issue of race; what does it mean to raise a POC or a boy of color? What does that mean, especially, when you turned out very light-skinned and have privilege written all over your face? Difficult questions but defo something we want to talk about, even, no, especially when we make mistakes or made them in the past and we realize there's so much more to learn.