EPISODE · Sep 16, 2023 · 59 MIN
"When you have children you become a skinned heart out there in the world." (Episode 6)
from Parent-Teacher Conference: Conversations on parenting teens and adolescents. · host Braden Bell and ML Philpott
Bringing her trademark wit, humor, and empathy, award-winning author Mary Laura Philpott drops by to talk about both the paradox of parenting: it brings us great joy and also brings us significant vulnerability.Mary Laura discuss her own parenting journey, including how we come to make peace with the fact that our empathize with our own parents, how we can instill kindness, and some unique thoughts on when and when not to reach out to schools or teachers with problems.As a bonus, she also reads a powerful chapter from her book, I Miss You When I Blink, which is called, “A Letter to the Type-A Person in Distress,” and I think you will want to hear it!I Miss You When I BlinkBomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bradenbellphd.substack.com
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