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The Longest Shortest Time

Dear Mister Rogers

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

When Ben was a kid, his mom helped him write an innocent letter to his favorite television friend. The reply took Ben by surprise, and changed the way they thought of his hero forever. Tune in for stories of how Fred Rogers left a mark, and why his words still resonate. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Google Play, Mom & Dad Are Fighting, Third Love, Care.com, Sun Basket Also, Hillary Frank's Weird Parenting Wins book is coming! Many of you are in it. Pre-order here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey parents, we have a fun assignment for you. Right now we're collecting your most pressing

0:14.0

parenting problems. We have this expert panel coming in. They may not be old enough to drive

0:19.9

or vote, but they've got ideas about how to run a family. Surprise, it's a bunch of teenagers.

0:27.0

You can stump them with your parenting questions and because they were so recently children themselves,

0:32.0

their answers might be surprisingly wise or totally off.

0:36.0

To submit, head to our website longassjortistime.com and hit the Participate tab.

0:42.0

We've come home from school and the whole TBS afternoon programming was sort of taken care of us.

0:55.0

And we were like a public TV house. When I was a kid, Mr. Rogers was a green-up room

1:02.0

cared about a kid's feelings. The thing about Mr. Rogers is that he talks directly to you.

1:08.0

So you're having this like one-on-one connection with Mr. Rogers and you're looking at him and he's looking at you and he's talking to you.

1:16.0

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor.

1:23.0

Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

1:28.0

Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. The show aired on PBS from 1968 until 2001, which means it's likely that this trolley sound is eerily familiar,

1:38.0

even if you haven't heard it in a while.

1:40.0

Neighborhood of Makefully.

1:44.0

This is the longest shortest time. I'm Andres Alunzi.

1:48.0

Right now, we are at Peak Mr. Rogers' nostalgia. There's a documentary out called Won't You Be My Neighbor.

1:55.0

There's even a Fred Rogers movie in the works starring Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers. Tom Hanks.

2:02.0

Clearly, the sky left a mark on us. This kind-hearted or dainn minister with degrees in childhood development who loves to slowly tie his shoes.

2:12.0

Today, we're going to hear some of the most surprising ways he impacted some of you as kids and how that stuck with you through adulthood.

2:22.0

Plus, June Leigh Lee, the director of the Fred Rogers Center, is going to explain what Fred got about feelings, the little kid ones and the big grown-up ones too.

2:34.0

When Reina and Minneapolis was four years old, she remembers watching Mr. Rogers on her family's TV downstairs.

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