82: How Should Kids Spend Summer 2022?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Dr. Lisa runs down the five things she believes parents should focus on in summer 2022. The pandemic narrowed kids' opportunities for growth, but there's now a lot adults can do to help children and teenagers catch up. Dr. Lisa and Reena discuss advice that might seem counterintuitive - such as the importance of encouraging kids to take some risks. Dr. Lisa’s Summer Resources 50 Risks to Take With Your Kids: A Guide to Building Resilience and Independence in the First 10 Years by Daisy Turnbull The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden The Daring Book for Girls Hardcover by Andrea J Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz ChopChop: The Kids' Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family by Sally Sampson and Carl Tremblay The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference by Barbara A. Lewis The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan Check out Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources. Ask Lisa is produced by Good Trouble Productions.

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0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting.
0:10.0	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.
0:17.0	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:24.2	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves.
0:28.2	Most of the time, I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions.
0:33.1	So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:42.9	Episode 82, how should kids spend summer 2022? I feel like I can almost taste summer and I'm realizing I have nothing planned for my children this summer. Nothing. No camps, nothing.
0:50.2	Are you serious? Yeah. I have. What are you going to do? What are you going to do with your children?
0:54.6	I have realized, you know, these camps like fill up very quickly and I've just realized I've been just
0:59.6	trying to stay with my head above the water. I've got to come up with my plan, but I'm kind of like,
1:05.1	what do I do? Things are kind of open now, right? We're not locked down. But I just feel confused, a little confused. Yeah, no, well,
1:14.8	first of all, I'll tell you, Rina, it gets a lot easier as your kids get older, like my 18-year-old.
1:19.3	Like, she sets her summer. It's kind of an amazing thing as a parent to just say like,
1:24.7	so what are you doing this summer? She she just, you know, runs down where
1:28.0	she'll be working and what she's up to. It's awesome. So that's coming. I just want you to know.
1:32.7	What age does that start at? I say last summer, you know, and bluntly a lot of last summer was
1:39.9	doing stuff related to the college process, you know, getting herself ready doing.
1:47.5	You know, studying and projects that were connected to that.
1:53.3	So it's also amazing that just because they become so much more autonomous, you know, getting themselves places and having opinions about their time.
1:57.1	And it's a lot more about like, when are you coming home as opposed to how do I fill your days?
2:04.7	Well, we are wrapping up our season two today with a great episode on what we should be focusing on and what kids should do this summer.
2:11.7	So I'm taking notes. I'm seriously taking notes on what to do.
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