I’ve never wanted to chime into a podcast more than Visitation Sessions. Your topics are always so good! After watching Chasing Childhood, it reminded me of book by Anthony Esolen called, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child. Method One: “Keep Your Children Indoors as Much as Possible.”
I think this is such a hard, but important, thing to balance. I have never had such anxiety over the protection of anyone until I had my son, but also know that he needs the freedom so much! I also feel like becoming a mother has helped me honor my parents so much better - even just through the very humbling realization of how hard it is to parent. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on this!!
Thank you so much for this episode! As a mother of three (five and under) with our fourth on the way, this episode spoke directly to some of my struggles! My husband and I are millennials who had relatively "free" childhoods but our young adult lives have been directly impacted (like so many) by technology. I finally had to get off of most social media platforms because the amount of parenting/gentle parenting resources out there was so overwhelming! My husband finally convinced me to stop taking so many different opinions into account when it comes to our parenting decisions. A wise man. As for your episode, it was so refreshing to hear you say that while parenting thoughtfully is important, it is impossible to get everything right! I too have learned the importance of apologizing to my children.
Regarding "free childhoods," since our oldest turned five, I have been letting her and her three year old brother do more and more unsupervised playing outside. Who knows...maybe by the time she's 6, I'll let them walk around the block! You've inspired me!
Thank you for all of your quality content. I love getting to listen into your conversations.
I tend towards the more free range side, and I appreciate this discussion. My eldest just turned 11 and one of the barriers I'm trying to come to terms with as I consider sending my kids out on more things solo is what they may encounter on *other kids'* phones. We certainly have no interest in giving them a phone with all that entails, and we have a no watching/playing anything on anyone else's phone policy, but since that danger is much more amorphous to them than any physical dangers they may encounter it makes me hesitate to just trust they won't run into trouble with neighbor kids, at the park, etc. And I just hate that that has to be a concern.
Great conversation. Wish content like this had been around in 1987, when I started raising kids. I never heard things like our goal as parents is to get them to heaven.. God bless you all I will pray for you all , please pray for my son to meet a nice Catholic girl, he is 32. Emily, you are an awesome writer
I’ve been interested in this topic for a long time! (My boys are close in age to yours, Chris and Emily). It is a hard balance. What I’m becoming more interested in (rather than worrying about helicopter parenting) is how to direct my boys INSANE energies into something productive instead of say, throwing Legos all over the basement or throwing every outside toy they can find in the woods. Kate, your statement that parenting is hard and complicated is so true! Basic truth.
Also, I have to admit (I’m 33), I was one of those kids who didn’t want to drive or really leave the house. I was involved in band and show choir, but I didn’t often want to leave on weekends or anything. I didn’t get my license until I was 18, about a month before I started college (kudos, Chris, for not making your students think that college is their only option after high school).
I’ve never wanted to chime into a podcast more than Visitation Sessions. Your topics are always so good! After watching Chasing Childhood, it reminded me of book by Anthony Esolen called, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child. Method One: “Keep Your Children Indoors as Much as Possible.”
I think this is such a hard, but important, thing to balance. I have never had such anxiety over the protection of anyone until I had my son, but also know that he needs the freedom so much! I also feel like becoming a mother has helped me honor my parents so much better - even just through the very humbling realization of how hard it is to parent. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on this!!
Interesting topic. I always enjoy your conversation!
Thank you so much for this episode! As a mother of three (five and under) with our fourth on the way, this episode spoke directly to some of my struggles! My husband and I are millennials who had relatively "free" childhoods but our young adult lives have been directly impacted (like so many) by technology. I finally had to get off of most social media platforms because the amount of parenting/gentle parenting resources out there was so overwhelming! My husband finally convinced me to stop taking so many different opinions into account when it comes to our parenting decisions. A wise man. As for your episode, it was so refreshing to hear you say that while parenting thoughtfully is important, it is impossible to get everything right! I too have learned the importance of apologizing to my children.
Regarding "free childhoods," since our oldest turned five, I have been letting her and her three year old brother do more and more unsupervised playing outside. Who knows...maybe by the time she's 6, I'll let them walk around the block! You've inspired me!
Thank you for all of your quality content. I love getting to listen into your conversations.
I tend towards the more free range side, and I appreciate this discussion. My eldest just turned 11 and one of the barriers I'm trying to come to terms with as I consider sending my kids out on more things solo is what they may encounter on *other kids'* phones. We certainly have no interest in giving them a phone with all that entails, and we have a no watching/playing anything on anyone else's phone policy, but since that danger is much more amorphous to them than any physical dangers they may encounter it makes me hesitate to just trust they won't run into trouble with neighbor kids, at the park, etc. And I just hate that that has to be a concern.
Great conversation. Wish content like this had been around in 1987, when I started raising kids. I never heard things like our goal as parents is to get them to heaven.. God bless you all I will pray for you all , please pray for my son to meet a nice Catholic girl, he is 32. Emily, you are an awesome writer
I’ve been interested in this topic for a long time! (My boys are close in age to yours, Chris and Emily). It is a hard balance. What I’m becoming more interested in (rather than worrying about helicopter parenting) is how to direct my boys INSANE energies into something productive instead of say, throwing Legos all over the basement or throwing every outside toy they can find in the woods. Kate, your statement that parenting is hard and complicated is so true! Basic truth.
Also, I have to admit (I’m 33), I was one of those kids who didn’t want to drive or really leave the house. I was involved in band and show choir, but I didn’t often want to leave on weekends or anything. I didn’t get my license until I was 18, about a month before I started college (kudos, Chris, for not making your students think that college is their only option after high school).