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In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I have a conversation with Desireé B. Stephens about her 10 conscious steps to talking to kids about global crisis.
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We talk about:
* 7:30 What inspired Desiree to write about talking to kids about global crisis
* 9:50 1- Start with consent not control
* 12:30 How to rest, reset, resist
* 15:00 2- Ask, don’t assume
* 16:34 3- Name the reality, not the details
* 20:24 4- Honour their hidden hives
* 24:00 5- Let them see your grief with boundaries
* 28:00 6- Link emotions to actionable compassion
* 31:00 7- Revisit, don’t one and done
* 35:00 8- Build their critical consciousness
* 39:00 9- Co-creating boundaries for when it’s too much
* 42:00 10- Root it all in relationship, not rhetoric
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* Concious Parenting for Social Justice Collective https://parentingdecolonized.com/join-the-collective/
* IG post: Conscious Steps to Talking with Kids about Global Crisis with Desiree B Stephens
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