Welcome to nurture versus nurture. Today we'll meet Anne, an only parent. In her words,

sometimes they call widows only parents instead of single parents because it's just us,

right? Today you'll hear the story of Anne and nine-year-old Luke and the bounty and

hiccups that come with, quote, being just us. We'll learn untranslatable words for

rewarding off the evil eye and what to do when someone you don't want to see rings the

doorbell. Most important, we'll hear a cosmically beautiful explanation of life, death, and

energy brought to you from the mind of a nine-year-old.

First ed disclaimer, what you are about to listen to is not a professional counseling session.

Each episode is a one-time conversation and the advice I offered does not constitute psychological

treatment or services substitute for professional diagnosis, intervention, or behavioral health

care. In order to protect their privacy, our guests have been given pseudonyms and some personal

details have been changed. If you have concerns about your child's well-being or your own, seek

out guidance from a medical or mental health professional, good places to start, your child's

pediatrician, the counseling staff at your child's school, and the American Psychological

Association's Comprehensive Guide to Finding Resources in your State. And now on to the fun.

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We got this. Good morning. Hi Wendy. Here's what I know besides that you have really interesting

art there behind you. And I see a bird and a buffalo. My son made that for a school project

last year. Which one? The buffalo, the bicycle. Yeah, they were studying Native Americans and he

made it with all-found materials. Pretty cool. So that's a collage. That's not a drawing.

Now it's a collage and it's all like bark and moss and he whittled the antlers. There's charcoal

for eyes. Okay, so that takes us right to our theme today because one of the things we're going to

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