Hi, I'm Mallory Kasden. Normally in this feed, you get mom and dad are fighting. But today,

we're giving you something a little different, a new show about learning to shift your

perspective to reconnect with what's pure and innocent in ourselves and each other. That new show is a

podcast I host called How to Raise a Parent, produced by Slate Studios in collaboration with Dairy Pure.

In it, I talk to parents and experts about what makes kids so fearless, creative, and good at

making friends, and what we as adults can learn from them. On this episode, I speak with Karen

Johnson, a mother who writes about all things parenthood, and Dr. Eileen Kennedy Moore, a clinical psychologist, about the pure and simple approach to friendship we had as kids.

If you like what you hear today, check out how to raise a parent wherever you get your podcasts.

This paid podcast is produced by Slate Studios in partnership with Dairy Pure.

What's the best way to make a new friend?

Just go up to somebody and maybe compliment them or ask how they are.

Say hello and start small talk.

Like how old are you or what do you like to play?

What's it like trying to make friends to grow?

As a dad, it's a different experience.

Understandably, moms congregate around each other more openly.

So I've also learned that play dates are more of a match of the parents than they are the children sometimes.

I'm kind of a wildfire myself and have a hard time making new friends and my daughter, she'll go talk to anyone.

She started school this year and she would come home and make a friend and, like, what's

her name?

I don't know, but they're friendly and we talk and we have lunch.

And I'm like, yeah, I should do that.

...