06. Letting Go of Ego: Unconventional Parenting with Mark
Whiskey and Lace
Erika Altes
2.5 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
With how fast the world is changing, how do you raise kids?
While we don't have the handbook or the step-by-step formula, Erika and Mark share their insights on being young parents and the strategies that they've picked up. They discuss their proudest and most challenging moments as parents. Erika shares her thoughts on being in the online space while maintaining her children's privacy and what led her to that. You'll learn about alternatives to the traditional school system and the importance of being a good role model for your kids while being supportive. But remember: there's no clear-cut "right way" to parent.
Pour a glass of red wine or juice and press the play button!
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In this episode, we cover the following:
- Their parenting styles
- The most significant challenges as parents
- Proudest moments
- Schooling: homeschool pods and creating a schoolhouse
- Social media and protecting her kids
- Giving kids a smartphone or not
- Biggest hopes for their kids
- Advice to each other as parents
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| 0:00.0 | Are you someone who doesn't take life too seriously? Do you sometimes find that a shot of whiskey |
| 0:08.1 | isn't only deserved but needed? If you said yes to either of those, welcome to the Whiskey and Lace |
| 0:13.2 | podcast, where we have honest chats with everyday people, shit shows, and all. I'm your host, Erica |
| 0:18.9 | Altus, and I'm here to empower you to be the best version of |
| 0:22.1 | yourself and perhaps share in a shot of whiskey. Now pour yourself a glass of wine and let's go. |
| 0:32.3 | Oh my God, that's how you're going to start this, huh? Everybody, let's welcome Mark Motherfucking Altus back to the podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi, honey. |
| 0:40.9 | Hey, babe. |
| 0:41.9 | You guys, while we're recording this, we are on our reset. |
| 0:45.9 | And we were just saying before we pressed record, God. |
| 0:49.9 | It'd be so nice to have, like, a glass of wine or whiskey in hand while doing this. |
| 0:54.2 | Yeah. We're doing so whiskey in hand while doing this. Yeah. |
| 0:54.8 | We're doing so good. |
| 0:56.2 | We're doing great. |
| 0:57.3 | Yeah, like over two weeks. |
| 0:58.8 | Yeah, we're there. |
| 1:00.0 | We're there. |
| 1:00.5 | We're almost there. |
| 1:01.3 | Halfway there. |
| 1:02.2 | Halfway. |
| 1:03.0 | Halfway. |
| 1:03.4 | I will tell you, since we're going to be on the topic of parenting tonight, not having a glass of wine in hand at like five o'clock. |
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