This is the Jocko Underground Podcast, number 209.

Shout out to Stockton.

There we go.

Echo Charles sitting here, unfortunately not the Diaz brothers,

which would be a hell of a lot better.

They make get their take on things.

You know what I'm saying?

That would be, yeah, that would be legit.

But we do have Echo Charlesles and we do have questions

from you all out there in the field on the front lines we're going to give you courses of action

to help you get through and navigate these challenges that you face so let's get to it okay

first question.

Okay, how to deal with witnessing parents neglecting and or abusing children when I'm out in public?

Okay, I was neglected.

I was a neglected child of awful parents myself and now I'm a father of a toddler.

I've been getting more and more hypersensitive to witnessing how badly the majority of parents treat their children.

Things like parents and relatives feeding small toddlers sugar and junk food,

ignoring their fair requests, verbally mistreating them,

plain physical aggression, smoking tobacco nearby,

provoking toxic, hazardous examples,

oh, sorry, providing toxic and hazardous examples and environment to children, et cetera, et cetera.

Although I make sure I direct my eyes away from people when I'm at places full of families with kids, I still see these things

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