Before we begin, I recorded this live on Periscope.

And then after I finished, I watched it, and I realized

one of the most important pieces of advice I could give you,

I left out, and that's this.

Take advice from parents who've been really successful

as parents, and some of the people who I consider my mentors

are people who have amazingly successful, smart,

kind, courteous, self-sufficient kids.

And so props to my close friends who I consider my parenting role models,

you know who you are.

One invaluable piece of advice that we've received from friends of ours who've got great kids

is you don't have to tell your kids everything you did when you were a kid

because the last thing you want them to do is to throw that argument back in your face.

Well, you did this, and you turned out okay.

Now, the reason why I'm saying this as a warning to you is parents,

this is an episode I don't think you should listen to with your kids.

And I know a lot of you listen to the Shalene show with your kids in the car,

or just, you know, you don't mind them listening to the episodes.

I don't think they should listen to this episode.

I'm going to talk about some things I did as a kid that I'm not too proud of.

And I turned out okay.

Sure. I guess it depends on who you ask.

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