Ep. 164: Who Are We to Other People's Kids?, plus Talking With Our Kids About Racism with Aya de Leon

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2016

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Biz and Theresa wonder if we're overstepping our boundaries when our kids' friends ask us questions about the way the world works or need our help solving a problem. Are we "parenting" other people's kids, or is this just what they mean when they say, "It takes a village!" Plus, Biz is inconsistent in her feminist teachings, Theresa's kids are taking "dress up" to a new level, and we talk with author, activist, UC Berkeley faculty, and mom Aya de Leon, about how to talk with our young kids about racism, inequality, and activism. Aya de Leon online Uptown Thief, by Aya de Leon Aya de Leon on How to Talk to Small Children About Racism 12 Books to help talk about race and activism with your kids: https://mommypoppins.com/new-york-city-kids/community/12-books-to-help-talk-about-race-and-activism-with-your-kids Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485* *Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list! Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on twitter Follow Biz on twitter Follow Theresa on twitter Like us on facebook Get a OBM tee from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to [email protected]. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (www.adiraamram.com, available on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

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0:00.0	This is a
0:02.0	a stay-at-home mom with a toddler son and a daughter who's a full-blown kid.
0:05.0	And I'm Teresa, a part-time working mom with two little boys.
0:09.0	This is a show about life after giving life.
0:11.0	Don't listen with your kids, because there will be swears.
0:14.4	This is One Bad Mother.
0:20.1	This week on One Bad Mother, parenting other people's kids.
0:23.0	Hmm, that doesn't sound as nice as it takes a village.
0:26.2	Plus, this is a feminist contradiction.
0:28.4	Teresa's kids play grown-ups, and we talk to poet, author, activist,
0:32.3	Aya de laon
0:33.2	about many things including talking to young children about race.
0:37.2	Woo!
0:39.2	That does deserve a woo.
0:41.0	Oh yeah!
0:42.0	It deserves a big woo. I'm excited. How are you Teresa? Oh man. Um,
0:46.4	baa'erh!
0:47.4	P'erh! Um, no, basically like, okay, my kids are doing something right now that like should be cute. Yeah. Oh, that's not you know what I mean everything my children are doing? Yeah exactly so
0:59.7	Simon watched an episode of Sean the Sheep and it's the one where the sheep get all dressed up in like the farmer guys coat and they stand on each other's shoulders and they go and they try to buy a pizza using like a pocket full of like weird
1:16.0	shit including like a frog okay and they buy a pizza so Simon is obsessed with this but what's weird is that he like identifies with the sheep like he
1:25.2	thinks that he can't as like a five-year-old go buy a pizza which probably at our pizza place
1:31.2	if I send him in with a 20 he could buy a pizza you know what I mean?
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