1KHO 542: How to Be On Your Child's Side No Matter What | Dr. Tom Cowan, Commonsense Childrearing

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this wide-ranging and unforgettable episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, host Ginny Yurich sits down with the bold and brilliant Dr. Tom Cowan—physician, author, and longtime advocate for common sense parenting. Drawing from his new book Common Sense Child Rearing, Dr. Cowan urges parents to truly listen to their children, resist blind conformity, and reclaim their role as their child’s fiercest protector. From the story of a misunderstood 7-year-old boy to hard-hitting critiques of the education and medical systems, Cowan’s message is as emotionally gripping as it is mind-expanding. Together, Ginny and Dr. Cowan explore controversial but vital topics—vaccines, ultrasounds, cancer screenings, the current education system, and the radical idea that children are often right about what they need. With wisdom from Waldorf schools, Nourishing Traditions, and Ivan Illich, this conversation will challenge what you think you know about raising healthy, resilient kids in today’s world. You may not agree with everything, but you’ll leave this episode thinking more critically, feeling more empowered, and most importantly—more committed to being on your child’s side, no matter what. 🔗 Featured Book – Common Sense Child Rearing 🔗 Dr. Cowan’s Books: https://www.drcowansgarden.com/collections/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.
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0:27.8	To verify I see EE.com.com.
0:30.5	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:33.4	My name is Ginny Urich.
0:34.4	I'm the founder of 1,000 hours outside.
0:36.5	And every once in all, I am so, so, so excited about a guest. Dr. Thomas Cowan is here. Welcome.
0:43.2	Thank you. Good to be here.
0:45.1	It's amazing. Okay. Are you ready for this? Here we go. I have this book, The Fourfold Path to Healing, Working with the Laws of Nutrition, Therapeutics,
0:56.0	movement, and meditation in the art of medicine.
0:59.0	I have this one, The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care.
1:04.0	I have this one, Cancer and the New Biology of Water,
1:08.0	Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, Vaccine, Auto Immunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood human heart, cosmic heart, vaccine, auto immunity, and the changing nature of
1:13.2	childhood illness, and the newest one that just came out, common sense child rearing.
1:19.8	So this doesn't happen often, Tom, where I'm already a fan.
1:23.8	Someone comes out with a new book and they're like, this person is going on podcasts, are you interested?
1:28.5	And I was like, wait a minute, no, I already have all the books. So thank you so much.
1:34.0	Thank you. Some of them, there's an evolution in those books. So there's considerable difference between how I see things now versus 25 years ago. I think that happens with
1:46.5	everybody. And it certainly happened with me. But hopefully I'm getting more and more accurate,
1:53.5	although that's probably a matter of opinion for some people. But that's the goal anyways.
1:59.7	Well, these books have been transformative for me and really
2:01.9	helped. I was skimming back through. Some of them I've got more recently, and then some of them I've had for close to 10 years. And so I was skimming back through what I read as a younger mom and the things that stuck out to me. And then you just came out with this book. It's called Common Sense Child rearing it came out this year in 2025 unconventional wisdom for a nourished childhood i underlined
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