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The Art of Accomplishment

Joe and Esme — The Teenage Years

The Art of Accomplishment

Brett Kistler

Management, Mental Health, Personal Development, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.8269 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joe sits down with his eldest daughter, Esme, to discuss what it was like to raise a teenager—and what it was like to be raised by Joe as a teenager. They talk about the difference between being a parent and truly knowing your child, teenage rebellion, the things you can see in teen behavior that sheds clues on what's happening at home, and share stories and memories along the way. Tune in for a touching and illuminating conversation!

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's like, Ray, if you yell at your kid, you're telling them it's okay to yell back at you.

0:05.5

If you don't like your kid, you're telling them it's okay not to like you.

0:09.0

I want to treat you the way I would treat an adult that I respect.

0:14.0

Welcome back to the art of accomplishment, where we explore living the life you want with enjoyment and ease.

0:20.0

Today we have a really sweet episode

0:22.2

for you. Joe's daughter, Asmay, has joined the podcast again, this time for the two of them to talk

0:28.1

about what it's like to raise a teenager and to be raised as a teenager. I really, really like this one,

0:34.6

and I really hope you enjoy it.

0:38.5

Hey, Asme.

0:39.8

Hi, Dad.

0:41.8

So what are we doing here?

0:43.7

What's like, what, what have you got me into?

0:51.5

Um, okay, so I have a project for school and they want me to create a podcast and I racked my brain of things that I could make a podcast about.

1:12.2

And I remember that last time we made a podcast, it was super fun. And so I thought we'd do it again. Okay. So what, wait, wait. What kind of podcasts are we doing it about this? Well, yeah. I was thinking that we could talk about what it's like to raise a teenager. Because last time we talked about what it was like to raise me from a young age and what that journey was like.

1:20.3

And so I figured why not take chapter two and make a podcast about that.

1:27.5

Okay. But if we're doing that, I want your opinion about like what parents grew up on being a teenager.

1:35.2

I am more than happy, more than happy to provide that information.

1:41.7

I bet you are.

1:43.3

Yeah.

1:48.1

I do think that there's a lot of stuff that, I don't know,

1:53.1

not that people do wrong, but just that parents are searching for connection with their teenagers and they do this or they do that. And it kind of works in the complete reverse of what

1:59.0

they want. And so, I think there's a lot to explore.

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