Parenting and Politics

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In this episode Jenna Arnold is BACK to debrief with Diana on the 2020 election results. They talk about President Elect Biden, Vice President-Elect Harris, and discuss all the issues the results of this election have shed light on... how many people voted for Trump, why Trump is a cult leader, what is Trump going to do after this, why we need a baseline of beliefs and the work is only starting, and much more!

In this episode, Diana talks to Mark Greene, an expert on healthy masculinity and author of The Little #MeToo Book for Men, and founder of a community called “Remaking Manhood” on Instagram.

They discuss what man box culture means, how it affects our boys, and what we can do as parents to ensure that our boys are not adhering to the precepts of man box culture that can hurt their ability to be full human beings with a wide range of emotions. Mark also highlights powerful statistics from Equimundo that show how man box culture affects men in the USA, Mexico and the UK.

Mark shares fascinating insight on how man box culture hurts boys and men, and how man box culture affects the politics of today (think MAGA and men feeling like they are losing) He also discusses why it's important to be in relationship with our boys and gives examples of how building those solid relationships can support our boys as they get older.

Mark is the co-author with Dr. Saliha Bava of The Relational Book for Parenting, and in our conversation he provides a few examples of games to play with our kids to help have conversatoins and talk about our feelings, and help them express their emotions in a safe and engaging way.

Make sure to follow Mark on Instagram @remakingmanhood '

If you liked this conversation, be sure to check out our conversation about social emotional learning with Tim Shriver.

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Latinx moms for Climate Change is what we're discussing in this episode with Natalie Carney, the Campaign Director of Vote Like a Madre, a movement that was created to mobilize Latinx moms to vote for candidates who believe that climate change is real, and that will support policies that will help save our environment.

Climate change is one of the top concerns for Latinos at the polls. Latinos have been "rinsing, reducing, reusing, recycling" before it was cool.

Listen to learn why we must #VOTELIKEAMADRE, and why we must pinky promise with our kids to promise to vote for climate change.

What happens when your infant child has medical needs you need to tend to, but there is no paid family medical leave in place? You get pushed out of the workforce, an that is exactly what happened to Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and Co-founder of MomsRising. It was this event, which Kristin appropriately calls an unforeseen "health crisis" that pushed Kristin out of the workforce. She found herself unemployed, taking care of an infant and going down a rabbit hole where she went looking for answers (and stats!) about what moms were facing in the United States... surely she wasn't the only one going through this... That stressful and life-changing event that led to her co-creating and leading MomsRising, a movement of more than a million people working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination, and build a nation where everyone can thrive.

In this episode, Diana has a candid conversation with Kristin about how heer personal experiences led her to join other moms to be advocates for change. Today, Kristin and the entire MomsRising team work hard to ensure that moms' voices and experiences are taken into account when policymakers (at the state and federal level -- yes even the White House!) listen to moms when they're crafting policies.

In this powerful conversation they also discuss:

• Why moms' voices and stories matter
• What's at stake in the 2024 elections
• Why we should be vigilant and fight disinformation
• Why "parental rights" movements like M4L are not winning
• MomsRising's efforts to mobilize moms all over the country
• .... AND MORE!

You can follow (and join) MomsRising -- (they've got members in all 50 states!) by going to MomsRising.org/join

If you liked this episode make sure to check out:

Ep. 19 The Power of Black Moms with Monifa Bandele (MomsRising.org)

Ep. 35: Reimagining Schools without Police with Beatriz Beckford

Ep. 42: Representation, Storytelling and Motherhood with S. Nadia Hussain

Ep. 46: Why the Time to #SolveChildCare is NOW with Nina Perez

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Until next time, don't forget hope is our superpower.