We have had so many guests on this show, talk about how powerful the outdoors can be for kids, especially kids with ADHD or different ways of learning and processing the world. And if you are raising a child with ADHD dyslexia, a language disorder, or really any kind of learning difference, I want to share a podcast that I think you'll really appreciate. It's called Everyone Gets a Juice Box. It's parents just being honest with each other in a really safe, welcoming space about the highs and lows of raising neurodivergent kids. And what I love about it is is how real it is. There was one story about a mom who had this big career, running a major podcast division, and she realized she hadn't been home to see her daughter before bed for weeks. And at the same time, she was starting to notice these little moments, like her daughter freezing up during a simple preschool performance and just having that gut feeling like

something's different here and then all the doubt that comes with that like other people saying she

seems fine well you're sitting here thinking but i'm her parent and i know her this mom eventually

stepped back in and reconnected and created little games together just to help her daughter communicate

better it's such a good reminder that connection doesn't have to be complicated. It just has to be intentional. So if that interests you, go check it out. To listen, search for Everyone Gets a Juice Box. In your podcast app, that's Everyone Gets a Juice Box. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Urich. I'm a founder of 1,000

hours outside and I've really been looking to this conversation. This is going to be about the

Japanese way of parenting, which is so intriguing. There's a book coming out. It'll be out by the time

you hear this called the Japanese Way of Parenting, what it taught me about raising mostly calm,

caring, and capable kids.

Author Lisa Katayama is here. Lisa, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me.

I took so many notes on this book and I have to tell you, we just went to Japan.

Oh, amazing.

Yeah, about a month ago. So our oldest son is a senior this year and And I'm a little bit more of a home body. Like I get a little nervous to travel. But for probably five or six years, he's been talking about really wanting to visit Japan. It was like his top thing. And we happened to have a small break in our schedule and found some cheaper flights. And we came. And so I read your book and I got to see a lot of it in

person. And it was just such a cool thing. Lisa, like, like, wow, just to see these kids out on

the subways and like traveling and going to soccer. You know, there's no parents there and just

sort of the calm, how clean it was. I mean, everything looks brand new. It just was a, just a really eye-opening,

very cool experience. And then I got to read your book and you're talking about raising your

kids here in the U.S., but, you know, really trying to have this foundational, some of these

foundational elements that are part of Japanese culture. So could you give us just a little bit of

that backstory, like where you grew

up, but now you're in California and you're just wanting to, and your husband is from somewhere

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