Raising "Outdoor" Kids, and Overcoming Toxic Achievement Culture, with Steven Rinella and Jennifer Wallace | Ep. 618

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 38.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Today's show is a deep dive on the challenges of parenting in our society today. First, Megyn Kelly is joined by Steven Rinella, author of "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars," to discuss the value of spending time with family outside, the importance of getting away from technology, the changes in how kids were raised in the 70s vs. today, ways to approach a bear encounter and what to do in a (very rare) bear attack, the decline in veganism but meat eaters getting targeted over climate change, supporting farmers and ranchers, reports the Biden administration has stopped funding hunting programs at schools, and more. Then Jennifer Wallace, author of "Never Enough," joins to discuss the difference in pressures kids face when it comes to achievement in school, how the way kids are raised has changed throughout the past few decades, where society pressure comes from today for kids and parents, how to overcome toxic achievement culture, mistakes many parents often make, connection over achievement, mental health effects of putting pressure on our kids, the need for parents to model balance for their children, and more. Rinella: https://www.themeateater.com Wallace: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Enough-Achievement-Culture-Toxic/dp/0593191862

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.
0:12.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.0	Day two in the serious XM HQ and I have yet to see Howard Stern.
0:21.0	I'm looking. I don't think he's here, but he has a beautiful studio.
0:25.0	I also have a nice little makeshift studio here and I'm here with Mike Paco.
0:29.0	Mike Paco, who's like the genius behind this show, you never get to eat.
0:32.0	If you call in, that's who you talk to and we're never the same room at the same time.
0:37.0	Good to see you, Paco.
0:39.0	Abigail fine in here as well.
0:41.0	Okay, so we are here because I am at home in Connecticut getting ready for school.
0:46.0	And I'm sure a lot of you can relate.
0:48.0	There's so much to do is in there.
0:50.0	There's such a long list and like there's no one to pawn it off on.
0:55.0	You who's the parents, you have to make the decisions.
0:58.0	Abigail fine in helps me with a lot of it, but I'm just saying there's a lot.
1:01.0	So I'm dealing with it.
1:02.0	I'm sure all of you are dealing with it and God speed.
1:05.0	In our second hour, speaking of parental responsibilities, an old friend of mine,
1:10.0	whose award winning journalist, she's worked for 60 minutes.
1:14.0	I knew her very well when we lived in New York. Her name is Jenny Wallace, Jennifer Wallace.
1:17.0	And she's got one of the hottest books out on the market right now on parenting,
1:21.0	on the meat grinder that we put our kids through.
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