Episode 2 – Bespoke Parenting

SHOW NOTES:  Intro (0:00-1:04) Episode 1 Cleanup  What happened to Patrick Bull (1:04-4:01) Uber Gospel lady (4:01-10:11) The Uncanny Valley Mormon filmmaker Richard Dutcher “Family Friendly” (10:11-19:56) 30 Rock  The Return of Jafar Mark Rosewater: Restrictions Breed Creativity (see Lesson #18) Opportunity Paralysis The Smart Phone Revolution (19:56-25:47) Nokia 3310 Motorola Razr British Word of the Day (25:47-31:16) Bespoke: Adj., made for a particular customer or user What game is/was Josh Playing? (31:16-54:19) Warhammer 40K Indie board game: Scythe Game complexity tiers: 1 (simplest): UNO 2: Monopoly 3: Settlers of Cataan 4: Scythe 5 (most complex): Twilight Imperium Puerto Rico Arkham Horror Kickstarter- Kingdom Death: Monster Ben’s Unified Parenting Theory (54:19-1:11:43) Phase 1: Obedience – Child says, “Yes Mama/Daddy,” and does it. Phase 2: Commitment/awareness – Child says, “What else can I do to help?” Phase 3: Responsibility/initiative – You say (or don’t have to say), “Find something that needs to be done and do it,” and then they do! Phase 4: Self-determination – They make their own choices based on their own goals. Waiting in line and teaching children the social contract (1:11:43-1:35:33) This is Spartaa!!! (passenger gets kicked off subway) Stinging nettle Next Episode Teasers (1:35:33-1:40:51) Book Club Selections: Josh’s Pick (to be discussed in Episode 3):  Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Ben’s Pick (to be discussed in Episode 4):  Scarcity: Why having too little means so much by economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir