Weaponized Incompetence- Episode #760
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Cathy and Todd discuss the distinction between weaponized incompetence and regular incompetence, exploring how gender norms and societal expectations shape these ideas. They engage in real-time reflection on how they navigate these dynamics within their partnership and parenting, and they stress the need for communication and flexibility depending on the situation. This is a good episode to listen to with your partner or friends! Lots of issues to discuss and process.
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| 0:00.0 | Do do do do do to do do do do do here we go. |
| 0:07.5 | My name's Todd. |
| 0:08.3 | This is Kathy. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio. |
| 0:12.2 | This is podcast number 760. |
| 0:15.6 | Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio? |
| 0:16.9 | Because you'll feel outstanding. |
| 0:18.0 | And I would remember our motto, which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being, |
| 0:22.1 | is a parent's self-understanding. |
| 0:25.6 | You're not very loud in my ears. |
| 0:27.9 | Is that better? |
| 0:28.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:29.3 | Yes. |
| 0:29.6 | Yes. |
| 0:29.8 | You're way low. |
| 0:30.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:32.5 | Why? |
| 0:33.2 | I already said why listen is on Parenting Radio. |
| 0:35.4 | So we have a few different ideas for today's podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | And I think we're going to start with the one that came to us most recently, which is weaponized incompetence. |
| 0:50.0 | Incompetence. |
| 0:50.8 | I'm excited about this. |
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