Forget Punishment, How About Kindness? Podcast #299
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Cathy and Todd discuss the 60 Minutes report about the prison system in Germany and how they put rehabilitation above retribution. They also discuss the article in The Atlantic about punish-free parenting, Rocky Balboa’s great advice, and Tim McGraw’s Humble and Kind performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Vg4uyYwEk
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| 0:00.0 | Do do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do we go. |
| 0:05.9 | My name's Todd. |
| 0:07.1 | This is Kathy. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio. |
| 0:10.1 | This is podcast number 299. |
| 0:13.0 | We're one away. |
| 0:14.0 | Do we not say our last names anymore? |
| 0:16.0 | What's that all about? |
| 0:17.7 | Yeah, this is like... |
| 0:19.6 | Familiarity? |
| 0:20.6 | Yeah, they know who we are. |
| 0:21.8 | Okay. |
| 0:22.6 | I mean, unless it's their first one, but even if it's not, they'll figure out who we are. |
| 0:25.9 | Okay. |
| 0:26.7 | So welcome. |
| 0:27.6 | This is number 299. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm wireless and Zen Parenting Radio because you'll feel outstanding. |
| 0:32.1 | And who doesn't want to feel outstanding? |
| 0:33.8 | I do. |
| 0:35.2 | And Armado, sweetie, the best predictor of a child's well-being is what? |
| 0:38.9 | A parent's self-understanding. On today's show, kindness, because it's kindness month. Do you have the information on that whole screening thing is? |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah. Let's see. So April 18th. Monday. Yes, it's a Monday at York High School here in Elmhurst. |
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