Talking with Kids about Global Crisis with Desireé B. Stephens: Episode 205

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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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