Episode 63: Preparing Kids to Guard Themselves Against Addiction with Jessica Lahey
Raising Boys & Girls
That Sounds Fun Network
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast. I'm Sissy Gough. I'm David Thomas. And I'm Melissa |
| 0:09.9 | Trevathan. And we are so glad you've set us out a few minutes to spend with us today. In each |
| 0:15.6 | episode of this podcast, we'll share some of what we're learning in the work we do with kids and |
| 0:19.9 | families on a daily basis at Days Are Counseling and National Tennessee. Our goal is to help you |
| 0:25.1 | care for the kids in your life with a little more understanding, a little more practical help, |
| 0:29.5 | and a whole lot of hope. So pull up a chair and join us on this journey from our little yellow |
| 0:34.1 | house to yours. The Raising Boys and Girls Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Mino. |
| 0:40.2 | Mino provides meaningful screen time and shared experiences for families to help you grow in your |
| 0:45.6 | faith together. Check them out at podcast.govmino.com. That's podcast.govmino.com. |
| 1:00.6 | Jessica Leahy is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Gift of Failure, |
| 1:05.8 | how the best parents can learn to let go so their children can succeed, and the addiction and |
| 1:11.6 | occupation, raising healthy kids and a culture of dependence. Over 20 years, Jess has taught every |
| 1:18.1 | grade from six to 12 in public and private schools and spent five years teaching in a drug and |
| 1:24.6 | alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She serves as a prevention and recovery coach. She also |
| 1:31.3 | writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for the Washington Post, the Atlantic, |
| 1:37.6 | is a book critic for air mail and her bi-weekly column, The Parent Teacher Conference, |
| 1:43.4 | which ran for three years at the New York Times. Jessica lives in Vermont with her husband, |
| 1:48.9 | two sons, and a lot of dogs. You may want to buckle up for this conversation because it is |
| 1:55.0 | full of staggering statistics and sobering insights, but we love Jessica's heart to help parents |
| 2:01.5 | do the hard work that will support kids to hopefully prevent addiction. |
| 2:06.9 | Jessica, first of all, we are so grateful to have you on this podcast. Yes, we are. |
| 2:12.8 | We were just talking a little earlier about an amazing intersection with a mutual friend who |
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