Raising Kids Who Enjoy Learning- Episode# 808

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Todd and Cathy discussed the importance of raising kids who enjoy learning, emphasizing the need for a play-based learning environment and the importance of not overburdening children with academic tasks too early. They also highlighted the challenges faced by educators, including pressure from parents and curriculum requirements, and advocated for more creative and diverse teaching methods. The conversation also focused on parenting strategies, the role of teachers, and the need for parents to manage their children's schoolwork, with a particular emphasis on understanding and supporting children's identities and interests.

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0:00.0	do do do do do do do do do do we go my name's todd and this is getty welcome back to another episode of
0:07.9	zen parenting radio this is podcast number eight hundred and eight why listen to zen parenting radio
0:12.9	because you'll feel outstanding and always remember that our motto is that the best predictor of a
0:17.9	child's well-being is in fact a parent's self-understanding.
0:22.2	On today's show, we already have the title, which is rare, because usually we start
0:25.8	We figure it out.
0:26.4	Talking, and then we come up with title afterwards.
0:28.6	The title is going to be raising kids who enjoy learning.
0:34.0	I'll give us applause for that.
0:36.1	Yeah.
0:36.6	And it's going to be talking about raising kids who enjoy learning.
0:40.2	Part one, education, part two, parenting. Yeah, like kind of the first part I want to talk about the
0:45.3	education system, not in a boring way, but sometimes why and how the education system or the kids'
0:51.0	teacher is blamed and maybe some other things to think about and look at
0:55.0	when it comes to your children's teacher. And we're going to talk about kids from kindergarten,
1:00.0	preschool, all the way through college. Okay. So the things we're talking about here are universal
1:04.5	principles. They're not like, oh, in third grade, do this. It's like an overall way of looking at
1:09.6	learning. And then the second part we're going to
1:11.3	talk about is when it comes to parenting and what kind of learners we want to raise. Todd just
1:17.8	said before we started, he's like, we've been talking about this forever. And I know, but I feel like
1:21.9	we need to reinforce the things we've been talking about forever now with new research that has come out.
1:27.1	So we can kind of validate, verify the things maybe we were talking about in a breezy way
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