Fire, Knives, and Other Things to Give Kids

Childproof

Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Parenting with and through anxiety can give a person anxiety. How do I overcome my irrational (and sometimes rational) fears to let my children grow up with a healthy relationship with their own fear and anxiety? If being a worrywart is contagious, how do I make sure I’m avoiding anxious sneezing all over my kids? A few mental tricks, a few just biting down and doing it scared, and a little exposure therapy has worked for Gwenna and Tori. Join them as they discuss parenting with anxiety and what’s worked for them and what is still really hard to navigate. We want to hear from you! Email us: childproofmail@gmail.com Vote for our new logo! Get your holiday Bones coffee! Preorder Gwenna's new book Thinky Thoughts: All Grown Up & Still Just As Confused Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage This is an Airwave Media podcast. To advertise on this podcast please email Advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And then my kids will be like, well, what if the blanket catches on fire?
0:02.0	What if the blanket gets on inside?
0:04.3	I'm going, oh, my God, my old house in fire!
0:08.0	What if the blanket does catch on fire?
0:12.3	Raising a well-behaved child in this world requires strict, discipline and punishment.
0:16.8	Today, we will look...
0:18.0	No, the fuck we will not.
0:32.0	... Today we will look. No, the fuck we will not. Hello and welcome to Childproof, an airwave media podcast.
0:36.1	I'm Tori Phantom.
0:37.2	And I'm Gwenalifathland, and I'm considering
0:39.1	letting my children play with knives. As one does. Also, what? I'm trying to be less anxious
0:46.9	as a parent. Okay, that's an interesting step to take, but let's set the timer so we could be anxious about that instead.
0:56.9	Yeah, so we've discussed in previous episodes that I, in my family, am the polite way to say it is I'm the risk of first parent.
1:05.5	If you want to do something risky, you need dad's permission, dad's blessing, because mom will, no, absolutely not.
1:14.1	Won't even listen to your case.
1:15.8	Does it sound risky?
1:16.9	Mom's going to say no.
1:18.1	Yeah.
1:19.2	Mom's going to say no.
1:20.5	But anxieties are contagious.
1:23.1	At least they can be.
1:24.3	Not all of them, not every time, but concerns that I have about my kids falling
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