How to Raise Kids Who Aren't A$$holes with Melinda Wenner Moyer
Cat & Nat Unfiltered
Cat & Nat
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
On social media, in the news, and even from the government, children are receiving the message that being selfish, obnoxious, and cruel is okay. Research tells us that hate crimes among children and teens is on the rise while compassion and empathy are dropping. How are we as parents supposed to raise kind and compassionate kids when they're constantly exposed to imagery, negativity, and division that influences how they view the world? Melinda Wenner Moyer is a science and parenting journalist and author. She is a contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a regular contributor and former columnist at The New York Times. Her first book, How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, was published in July 2021 and won a gold medal in the 2022 Living Now Book Awards. For more on Melinda check her out at https://www.melindawennermoyer.com/ and @melindawmoyer.
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| 0:00.0 | So one of the big themes in my book is like we need to lean into tough conversations of all kinds because sometimes kids can believe things or have ideas about things that really just aren't accurate and we won't know unless we talk to them about it. Hey guys, it is Monday and welcome to the CatNet Unfiltered Podcast and this is a special podcast because Nat and I started the common parent way back when because when we had teenagers we felt way over our head and like no one was talking about it. |
| 0:32.0 | Toddlers and the younger ones. |
| 0:34.0 | Everyone had all the conversations and there was books. |
| 0:37.5 | So the Common Parent is a community that we created for members where they can go |
| 0:42.0 | and listen to amazing experts. |
| 0:44.4 | Now, because we love our community so much, |
| 0:47.0 | we wanted to bring over some of the experts |
| 0:48.9 | so you could hear little snippets of them. |
| 0:51.1 | We bring you one a Monday. If you're in the membership you know |
| 0:54.8 | that you get full access to them and you have a whole bunch of library in there. |
| 0:59.1 | So if you're new here go check out the Common Parent.com and if you're not you're going to take a |
| 1:04.6 | listen to some of the experts that join us. Really it is about taking tools for your |
| 1:09.8 | toolbox, quick hits because a lot of us don't have time for a lot of books and all the |
| 1:14.3 | experts are so amazing that learning something that's actionable that day is like |
| 1:19.5 | ah the best so this Monday we hope you enjoy our expert and just sit back. We know it can be overwhelming |
| 1:26.5 | we know it can feel like a lot but with the experts and the community and us we all can do this together. Take a listen to our next expert right after this break. |
| 1:38.6 | Melinda, I feel like this conversation is so freaking timely right now because the world has gone off the rails. |
| 1:49.2 | And I feel like I really feel for our children because I feel like they are all watching like I'm watching them watch the comments and it is |
| 2:00.9 | it's scary I know I yeah. It's it's just impossible. It's so awful. It's so awful. It's so awful |
| 2:08.0 | Like put like all of us aside of adults, you know, |
| 2:13.2 | because we have such a different coping mechanism. |
| 2:15.7 | I just watch them and I'm just like, |
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