Are your children free to “explore”?

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss a New York Times article that makes a case for “free-range parenting”. Why are we so fearful to let our kids roam free and have their own adventures, and do the statistics reinforce or dispute our fear? Parents have started calling the police when they see a child at the park unaccompanied – is this helpful or harmful to our way of living? They also discuss how to talk and stay connected to your child when they make a decision that disappoints you. The name of the article is The Case For Free Range Parenting by Clemens Wergin Other Resources Parent/Daughter date night!!! Next in is our ZPR community screenings is a documentary called The Empowerment Project. This film documents ordinary women doing extraordinary things. It's on Monday, May 18th @ York Theater in Elmhurst. Click here for tickets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTIogIwn8U0 Cathy's 3rd book, Living What You Want Your Kids To Learn- The Power of Self-Aware Parenting, is now on sale! Go here to order your book. It's winter time which means it's time for an upgrade on your hat wear. Don't you owe it to your ears to keep 'em warm? Click here to order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwxYdy2bQns&feature=youtu.be Click the following links to purchase Cathy's books The Self-Aware Parent Part 1 & and Part 2 Click here to find her blog, and click here to find her Chicago Parent column. Todd has a few spots opening for his Men's Group. Email me @ [email protected] Tree of Life Chiropractic Care have some interesting workshops planned. An outline can be found here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program. Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting How important is a good smile? Just ask our new partner John J Kelly DDS. They are located on the northwest side of Chicago and will meet all of your family's dental needs. Painting or remodeling? Don't forget about our parnter Avid Co. Looking for a Vitamix blender? Don't forget to use our coupon code 06-007296 for free shipping.

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0:00.0	do do do do do do do do all right here we go my name is todd adams and it's just kathy adams
0:09.0	welcome back to another episode of zen parenting radio this is episode number 222 sweet that's
0:14.3	two to two two two two two zem parenting radio is a discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom
0:20.1	and a logical and practical dad.
0:22.0	We have three daughters, ages 7, 10, and 11.
0:24.8	And our goal is to give you the resources to become a better parent, but more importantly, to become a better you.
0:30.8	And always remember that our motto is that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding.
0:37.8	Or my new motto.
0:40.5	Is this taking the place of our old motto?
0:42.4	No, it's just going to go alongside.
0:44.4	Okay.
0:45.2	Is that I'm reading this book, another Daniel Siegel book, and it's called Interpersonal Neurobiology,
0:52.5	The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology. the pocket guide to interpersonal neurobiology.
0:55.2	A lot of big words.
0:56.0	And I talked about this in a preview show because it's taking me a long time to get through it because it's very language heavy and I'm trying to learn about the brain.
1:02.0	But one of the quotes that he says that I said, that's it, is awareness, our self-awareness allows us to take, and I just said it perfectly a second ago,
1:14.6	allows us to make choices about our behavior.
1:20.6	So many times people say things to me like, well, that's just how I did it, or I just yell,
1:25.2	or I can't help it, or how do I stop it, or I can't help it or how do I stop it or I can't.
1:28.3	Self-awareness is the first step to making new choices in your behavior.
1:33.7	If you are not aware of what you're feeling or aware of what's happening in your brain or
1:38.3	your mind or your emotions, there's no way to make a different choice.
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