Have you noticed that during the most crazy year that any of us have ever seen in our lifetime,

we're also seeing common courtesy and civility fade, especially in our online interactions?

Today, Neil and I discuss why civility, kindness, and respect are so key to making progress

and surviving all the challenges we face in this world.

We talk about why it's vital that we pay attention to what we're saying in front of our kids

and the tone we use to express our opinions, putting ourselves in the shoes of others before

criticizing, and just offering more grace and kindness to others as we navigate our families

through uncharted waters.

Hi, guys, welcome to today's podcast.

Hi. I'm here with Neil and we are going to talk about civility. And this is something that

Neil and I have been just chatting about recently. It's hard not to see this as, for me, at least like a glaring topic that

just needs some attention because of all of the unrest going on in the division and a lot of

strong feelings. Strong feelings can be good sometimes and we're going to talk about that in a

minute, but just a desperate need for people to be a little more civil and a little more kind

in their interactions. And I'll start out by basically sharing where this idea came from. So a few

days ago on a mom group that I belonged to in Orange County on Facebook,

there was an anonymous member post where a mom said, do you plan on sending your kids in the fall

with masks? We're thinking of going public, like to public school, but not with masks. And she said,

I've read that it's recommended but not mandatory.

And I'm wondering how many are going to actually send their kids with masks, any idea?

And there are currently 459 comments on this.

And a lot of them are heated.

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