Approaching Difficult Conversations with Your Child with Author Jelani Memory

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's always hard to know where to start those conversations about difficult topics with your children. We often feel they may be too young or too innocent to have these conversations, but the reality is they are curious and curious minds deserve open conversation. On this episode, I welcome Jelani Memory. He is an author, father, and owner of A Kids Book About. A publishing company geared towards having those difficult conversations with your children. Some of the topics of their books include: Racism, Disabilities, Empathy, Bullying, Depression, Divorce, Body Image, Cancer, Anxiety, Feminism, Mindfulness, and so many more. The books are geared towards school aged children 5+. Here's their website for more info! https://akidsbookabout.com/ Promo code: Pedsdoctalk through end of August for $5 off On this episode, Jelani and I speak about how parents can begin the conversation around difficult topics, some of the barriers he sees when starting these conversations, and we discuss the importance of having these conversations with our children. Make sure to follow us @pedsdoctalk @akidsbookabout to continue the conversation Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to episode 24, approaching difficult conversations with your child. Hey everyone. Welcome to the PED's Doc Talk Podcast. I'm your host Dr Mona
0:16.2	where each week I hope to educate and inspire you in your journey through
0:19.7	parenthood with information on your most common concerns as a parent and
0:23.5	interviews with fellow parents and experts in the field.
0:26.3	My hope is you leave each week feeling more educated, confident, and
0:30.3	empowered in the decisions you make for your child.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to this week's
0:47.5	Hello and welcome to this week's episode. I have a very special guest today. It is Jilani Memory. He is a father, author, and founder of a kids book about which is a publishing company for books for
0:56.1	children regarding topics that we as parents may have some difficulties speaking to
1:01.1	children about and before I introduce him and welcome him, I do want to
1:04.7	briefly talk about their mission. And a kids book about, if you go to their website, they talk about
1:10.0	making kids books that matter. There are no dragons, silly bears, or cute tales about princesses,
1:15.3	only the challenging, empowering, and important topics that kids experience every day.
1:20.1	Kids lives are complicated and our mission is to help kids and their grown-ups have honest conversations about things that matter.
1:28.0	Jalani, thank you so much for joining us.
1:31.0	Oh, it's my pleasure. It's been such a privilege to get to start this
1:35.8	company and make these books and I can tell you the conversations that I've been
1:40.4	having because of them have just been tremendous so thank you.
1:43.2	No thank you and I know you obviously created this this company and obviously you were one of the
1:48.2	first authors of the first book a kids book about racism correct?? Yeah, that's really great.
1:54.0	I'll go ahead.
1:55.0	Yeah, and so I know with the timing of what's going on in our world right now,
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