3. Dare to Be a Countercultural Parent: Gia Valenti of Learn with Moxie
The Suzanne Venker Show
Suzanne Venker
4.9 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Gia Valenti is the Founder of Learn with Moxie, a curriculum that offers programs to get kids out of our screen-addicted world and back to the practice of simply TALKING. As a speech pathologist, 25-year professional thespian, and sales executive, Gia knows the importance of strong communication skills. As a mother, she has seen firsthand the negative influence technology and social media can have on the real-life connections our children are making and is committed to combating the effects technology has on our youth.
One of the things that makes Gia unique is that she approaches parenting the way she does life: fiercely independently. "Many people who make big waves and stir it up aren’t always agreed with. Stick to your guns, go with your gut, and fight the fight." That's the conversation we'll have with Gia. In addition, you'll learn how to raise your kids in a tech-limited household.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Suzanne Venker Show, where you hear hard-hitting truths the culture hides. |
| 0:14.3 | Find out more at suzannevenker.com. |
| 0:16.7 | This program is brought to you by Hair Saloon for Men, for Men Against the Grain. |
| 0:20.9 | Visit haresaloon.com. |
| 0:22.7 | So before I get to my main guest today, I have with me the man who is making this all possible, |
| 0:30.2 | whose name is Tom Twelman, and he's the owner of Hair Saloon for Men, |
| 0:34.4 | and is my major sponsor, my exclusive sponsor for this program. |
| 0:39.9 | And I wanted to, he's actually going to be coming in periodically and doing occasional interviews |
| 0:48.6 | to talk about the kinds of things that he's, he and his company is interested in and how it meshes with my mission. |
| 0:58.3 | So that's what he's here for today. |
| 0:59.6 | Welcome, Tom. |
| 1:00.3 | Thank you, Suzanne. |
| 1:01.3 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:02.6 | Thanks for coming in. |
| 1:03.7 | So tell everybody about, so hair saline for men is very unique in that it's got a mission outside of just hair cutting. |
| 1:12.1 | So I'm going to let you talk about that mission. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, we started in 1997, and in our industry, the mail was sort of forgotten. |
| 1:24.0 | The barbershops were closing, and the industry thought that unisex salons was the answer to that, |
| 1:32.1 | and that couldn't be further from the truth as far as I'm concerned. |
| 1:35.4 | So when I was stuck going to those type of unisex environments, and there had to be a better way, |
| 1:42.8 | so that's where the hair saloon started, and I tried to address a better way. So that's where the hair saloon started. |
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