Hard Conversations With Kids & Awkward Mail Encounter
The Girl Next Door Podcast
Kelsey Wharton
4.8 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
From sex to race and faith, kids have questions about topics that can feel tricky to talk about. We share how we handle these hard conversations in our families, which topics are most challenging for us, and our favorite resources for guidance.
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How To Teach White Kids About Race
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica and I'm Kelsey. We're two former |
| 0:08.2 | next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting |
| 0:12.2 | you to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey friend. Hey friend. So today we have a little bit |
| 0:18.0 | heavier, kind of important topic for you. How to manage hard conversations with kids. |
| 0:24.0 | From death to politics to relationships, struggles, it can be kind of hard to know how to talk |
| 0:29.2 | to kids about just the hard realities of the world. |
| 0:32.0 | So we thought we would chat about how we've handled those things typically and what's |
| 0:36.5 | working for us and then open up the discussion |
| 0:38.9 | a bit to all of you too on social media hopefully so um let's start with this question what are some |
| 0:44.9 | general things you try to keep in mind when talking to them about any hard things okay um i think one of |
| 0:51.8 | the first things is that it's okay to feel uncomfortable. |
| 0:55.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.7 | It's not going to be easy. |
| 0:57.1 | Right. |
| 0:57.4 | And even after you've been practicing it, it can still feel uncomfortable. |
| 1:01.3 | For everybody. |
| 1:02.0 | For everybody. |
| 1:02.3 | They're going to act weird too and that's okay. |
| 1:04.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.4 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:06.2 | And so I think just the more you talk about it, hopefully the more comfortable you'll become, |
| 1:11.8 | but that it is okay to be kind of getting comfortable being uncomfortable. |
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