1KHO 790: Peers Are Raising Our Children | Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Hold On to Your Kids

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Parenting feels so much harder than it should and this conversation explains why. In this powerful and unforgettable episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down with Gordon Neufeld to talk about a critical shift that has changed childhood over the past many decades: kids turning to peers instead of parents for guidance, identity, and belonging. Drawing from his book Hold On to Your Kids, Dr. Neufeld shows why no parenting strategy can replace relationship, why independence has been misunderstood, and why the real work is getting your child’s heart back. This one will change how you see behavior, discipline, screens, and even the pressure to “socialize” kids and it will leave you with a deep sense that it’s not too late to rebuild what matters most. Get your copy of Hold On to Your Kids here Learn more about Dr. Neufeld and all he has to offer: https://neufeldinstitute.org ** A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below: BetterHelp: Visit ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠ today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop ⁠www.whisker.com/1000HOURS⁠ Skylight - Right now, Skylight calendar is offering our listeners $30 off their 15-inch calendar when you go to ⁠wwwlMySkylight.com/1000Hours⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Instagram teen accounts with automatic protections on who can contact teenagers and the content they can see.
0:06.0	Instagram teen accounts have contact limits on by default, so teenagers get messages from people they know, not strangers,
0:14.0	and default content settings.
0:17.0	Plus, teenagers under 16 can't change these default settings without parental approval.
0:23.0	So parents can help teenagers connect safely.
0:26.5	Learn more at Instagram.com slash teen accounts.
0:30.2	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:32.4	My name is Jenny Hirt and the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:35.1	And I can hardly believe it.
0:36.6	There is this book that I think
0:37.7	every parent should read. It's called Hold On to Your Kids, My Parents Need to Matter More
0:41.5	Than Peers. It is eye-opening. It is shocking. It will change your life. Author, Dr. Gordon
0:46.8	Newfeld is here. Welcome. Thanks to be here, Jenny. Thank you for inviting me.
0:51.5	This is the type of book that includes things that you may be have never
0:55.7	heard before and that was my experience with it is oh my goodness I've never heard these things
1:00.2	before and I think that sometimes you're swept up in the sea of culture and you know you think
1:06.8	all my kids have to have friends and all these types of things. And what you're doing is
1:11.1	you're explaining how when culture changed and the orientation of our kids changed, it really
1:16.7	has caused them to be in a spot where they're suffering. So could we kick it off with some of the
1:23.0	history? So in this book, hold on to your kids. You talk about how kids, and then you talk about this place you went province where the society is still kind of how things used to be here.
1:34.3	You said that those people, they socialize as a family.
1:38.3	They're more connected with the adults in their community.
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