Teaser: Racism in Parenting, how we can shift our bias with Mercedes Samudio
10/02/21 • 5 min
Leveling the playing field with anti-racist practices is an essential element of modern parenting. Today’s guest, Mercedes Samudio, believes that teaching your children about different cultures should be as normal as teaching them the other basics of life. She is an advocate for admitting what you don’t know and then doing the research to educate yourself and your child. She also emphasizes the importance of modeling diversity in your own life in order to pass this principle along to your child. Mercedes reassures us that the goal is not to be perfect, but to be a full human and to show your child how to be a full human too. We hope you join us!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why it is important to acknowledge what you know and don’t know.
- How she asks clients what they know about themselves in order to share with their family.
- Why you should take advantage of online resources to research and educate yourself.
- What she tells parents she works with: as you teach your child the basics of life, teach them the basics of body parts, cultures, and more.
- How you should be honest with your children about what you don’t know.
- Modeling diversity in your own life before you teach your child about differences.
- Realizing what you are not modeling is an opportunity for you to change.
- Why it’s not about being perfect, but being mindful about your own life.
- Why the goal is to be a full human and to show your child how to be a full human as well.
Tweetables:
“Just like with everything else I talk to parents about, you teach your child about their nose and their mouth, teach them about their body parts. You teach your children how to be polite and how to have manners, teach them about other cultures!” — Mercedes Samudio [0:01:16]
“When your child has questions, think, ‘do I know the answer?’ before you give it to them and say, ‘I don’t know a lot about that, but let me get some information. Maybe we can talk about it this weekend.’” — Mercedes Samudio [0:02:05]
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Support the show (https://paypal.me/momslowdown)
Leveling the playing field with anti-racist practices is an essential element of modern parenting. Today’s guest, Mercedes Samudio, believes that teaching your children about different cultures should be as normal as teaching them the other basics of life. She is an advocate for admitting what you don’t know and then doing the research to educate yourself and your child. She also emphasizes the importance of modeling diversity in your own life in order to pass this principle along to your child. Mercedes reassures us that the goal is not to be perfect, but to be a full human and to show your child how to be a full human too. We hope you join us!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why it is important to acknowledge what you know and don’t know.
- How she asks clients what they know about themselves in order to share with their family.
- Why you should take advantage of online resources to research and educate yourself.
- What she tells parents she works with: as you teach your child the basics of life, teach them the basics of body parts, cultures, and more.
- How you should be honest with your children about what you don’t know.
- Modeling diversity in your own life before you teach your child about differences.
- Realizing what you are not modeling is an opportunity for you to change.
- Why it’s not about being perfect, but being mindful about your own life.
- Why the goal is to be a full human and to show your child how to be a full human as well.
Tweetables:
“Just like with everything else I talk to parents about, you teach your child about their nose and their mouth, teach them about their body parts. You teach your children how to be polite and how to have manners, teach them about other cultures!” — Mercedes Samudio [0:01:16]
“When your child has questions, think, ‘do I know the answer?’ before you give it to them and say, ‘I don’t know a lot about that, but let me get some information. Maybe we can talk about it this weekend.’” — Mercedes Samudio [0:02:05]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Support the show (https://paypal.me/momslowdown)
Previous Episode
Teaching Girls Skills for Success with Courageous Brand Co-founder Amy Klein
Teaching Girls Skills for Success with Amy Klein
As moms, we are limited in what we can teach our daughters. No matter how hard we try, we will never be able to offer them advice on every aspect of their lives, and this is totally normal. This is why your children need to be exposed to many mentors and experts so they can learn a range of different skills to ensure they are set up for success at whatever they try their hand in. Amy Klein’s life mission is to change the face of women leadership, one young lady at a time, through The Courageous Brand, an educational company that looks to instill courage and confidence in women and girls. Coming from a successful career in sales and leadership, the absence of women in leadership positions inspired Amy to work towards creating foundational change. In this episode, Amy talks about the impetus for co-founding The Courageous Brand. We talk about the importance of courage and hear how to build confidence. Our conversation also touches on the Entregirl Leadership Academy, what girls will learn if they participate, and how the program leverages experts to help girls build robust knowledge and skills.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Get to know today’s guest, Amy Klein.
- The impetus for founding The Courageous Brand, and the gap Amy and her partner were looking to fill.
- Some of the different offerings The Courageous Brand has.
- What gave Amy and Kelly the confidence and courage to step out in the way that they have.
- Confidence comes through practice, so it’s important to have the courage to take the first step.
- We do not have to pretend like we can do it all without any help.
- The value of having a mentor as a young girl.
- Skills that the Entregirl Leadership Academy instills in participants.
- The importance of exposing your children to skills outside of their bubble.
- An example of a lesson Amy learned from an expert they brought into the Academy.
- The structure of the Entregirl Academy and how to join.
- Amy shares some standout success stories.
Tweetables:
“If you have an idea or this belief or this passion and you want to make it happen, it comes down to having the courage to do it first. Don't feel like you need to be confident because I think confidence comes with practice.” — Amy Klein [0:06:54]
“Our big thing is having a mentor to help guide you and almost expedite some of those misses that are going to happen no matter what, but they can be there so you don’t feel isolated.” — Amy Klein [0:09:12]
“The three pillars of the Entregirls Academy are courage, confidence, and entrepreneurial skills. And those skills are the things that will make them successful, whether they want to be Simone Biles in the Olympics or they want to be the CEO of their house or they want to start a podcast or they want to start their own business or climb the corporate ladder.” — Amy Klein [0:12:43]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
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Next Episode
Teaser: Technology and Parenting with author and #Endshameproofparenting creator Mercedes Samudio
Managing technology use and abuse is one of the toughest things that today’s parents have to navigate. In this mini episode, psychotherapist, Mercedes Samudio, shares some powerful insights into how to navigate yours and your child’s relationship with the devices in your home. She explains how the past year has changed her perspective on technology usage and tells us what she often advises parents: it’s about being intentional and not mindless about usage. Mercedes suggests using your child’s preferred technology platforms to connect and spend time together, and describes how to set guidelines and offer your child alternatives. She urges listeners that being mindful about technology needs to be for the whole family, not just the kids, and recommends that you set benchmarks according to how your family uses technology, not how a coach says you should. We hope you join us for some powerful insights today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How the past year has changed Mercedes’ perspective on technology usage.
- What she often tells parents: it’s about being intentional and not mindless about usage.
- Using your child’s preferred technology platforms to connect and spend time together.
- How to set guidelines in the family, observe how your child uses tech, and offer alternatives.
- Why being mindful about technology needs to be for the whole family, not just the kids.
- How you should set benchmarks according to how your family uses technology and not how a coach says you should.
Tweetables:
“What I often tell parents is this: it’s about being intentional about the time you spend [on technology]. If you do spend time watching Netflix or playing video games, are you being intentional or is it just mindless? Everyone needs outlets to veg out.” — Mercedes Samudio [0:00:46]
“If I know my child loves video games, can we intentionally spend time together playing video games? If I know my child loves TikTok, can we set aside some time for them to share with you their new videos that they found or some of the videos they’re doing?” — Mercedes Samudio [0:01:10]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Support the show (https://paypal.me/momslowdown)
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