How do you approach gender as a parent? (with LB Hannahs)
How to Be a Better Human
TED
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Thinking and talking about gender is complex for anyone, and for some people it’s a frequent conversation–especially for parents. In today’s episode, LB Hannahs, a genderqueer parent, shares their experience of parenting and discusses why they try to center authenticity and gender expansive thinking in the way they live their lives–both in how they interact with their kids, and how they work and show up in their community. Plus, from rethinking the gifts we give children to embracing the spectrums of identity, LB shares actionable recommendations for parents and non-parents alike on how we all can better support the LGBTQ+ people in our lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:02.0 | Audio Collective. |
| 0:04.0 | You're listening to How to Bea Better Human. |
| 0:09.0 | You're listening to How to Be a Better Human. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host Chris Duffy. Today on the show we're going to talk about |
| 0:14.7 | parenting and self-expression with Dr. L.B. Hana's. |
| 0:18.6 | L.B. knows how to connect with kids not only from their own experience as a dad, but also from working as a diversity educator and running an LGBTQ center at a university. |
| 0:28.0 | In their professional life, LB is often working with the organizations |
| 0:34.0 | but then in their personal life with their own kids |
| 0:36.0 | L.B is experiencing all the ways big and small |
| 0:39.0 | that society thinks about gender and parenting. |
| 0:42.0 | And all of that is to say that I am thrilled to talk to someone as thoughtful as |
| 0:45.5 | L.B. about the ways that all of us can broaden ideas about what parenting looks like, |
| 0:50.5 | how it works, and how to teach kids healthy self-expression on all fronts. |
| 0:55.0 | To get started here's a clip from Elby's Talk at TEDX UF. |
| 1:00.0 | So the other morning I went to the grocery, and an employee greeted me with a, |
| 1:04.0 | good morning, sir, can I help you with anything? |
| 1:06.4 | I said, no thanks, I'm good. |
| 1:08.8 | The person smiled and me went our separate ways. |
| 1:10.7 | I grabbed cheerios, |
| 1:12.2 | and I left the grocery store, and I went through the drive-through of a local coffee shop and after I placed my order the voice on the other end said thank you ma'am drive right around. |
| 1:20.0 | Now in the span of less than an hour I was understood both as a sir and as a ma'am, |
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