Raising Conscious Kids in an Age of Social Justice | Dr. Traci Baxley EP 850

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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"Social justice and activism really starts in your own house. What you do in the privacy of your own homes shows up in the public spaces. There's a difference between raising good people and raising pro-justice kids who are the activists, the agitators, the ones who are proactive and standing in the gap for other people." - Dr. Traci Baxley Dr. Traci Baxley brings her profound insights into parenting and social justice, addressing the complex challenges of raising conscious children in today's world. With remarkable candor, she emphasizes that the journey is inherently messy and there's no single correct path. Drawing from her extensive experience in education and parenting, Baxley challenges the conventional notion that simply raising "good people" is enough, instead advocating for a more proactive approach to cultivating social awareness in children. In this deeply moving conversation, Baxley addresses the personal costs and transformational rewards of engaging in anti-racist work and social justice education. She shares practical wisdom about navigating the discomfort of growth, the importance of authentic engagement versus performative activism, and how parents can create meaningful change starting within their own homes. Her approach emphasizes the power of listening, learning, and allowing marginalized voices to lead while using one's platform to support and amplify these essential conversations.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:13.0	What do you think a parent should be equipped with before, you know, their kids are able to communicate with them?
0:20.2	What do you think should be the baseline of their kids are able to, like, communicate with them, what do you think
0:20.8	should be the baseline of their understanding on how to raise conscious, compassionate kids?
0:27.4	I think, first of all, you have to recognize it is messy and you're going to make mistakes, right?
0:32.4	It's not a straight path. It's very windy. And there's no one right way of getting there. So I think walking in
0:41.9	with that idea that I'm going to get it wrong, it's going to be uncomfortable, being comfortable
0:46.3	with being uncomfortable is really important, and not really thinking that you have to make
0:52.6	huge changes, right? If you are moving forward a little bit, today that's good for you.
0:59.0	And that social justice doesn't mean that you are at every rally.
1:03.0	I really believe that social justice and activism really starts in your own house.
1:08.0	Like, what are you saying to your children?
1:10.0	What are you reading with your children?
1:11.6	What kind of conversations are you having with your own children? How you're raising them. What are the core values in your house?
1:16.6	That really is the start of really social justice work.
1:20.6	Because my little saying is what you do in the privacy of your own homes shows up in the in the public spaces right
1:30.5	it's like what kind of kids are we raising you know do we want to raise the kids who are kneeling
1:37.8	on the necks of other people right because if you talk to Derek's friends they they say he's a good guy. He was a nice guy.
1:47.0	Right. Right. So do you want that to be your child because you're not having these hard conversations
1:52.0	and you're thinking that they're learning, they're picking it up, they know better, they're good people.
1:57.0	We're finding that that's not enough anymore, you know. There's a difference between raising good people and raising pro-justice kids.
2:05.5	For sure.
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