Archives for May 2021

Adam Fletcher talks about adultism, and the pervasive bias the society has towards adults over the needs of children.

Adam Fletcher is the executive director of Youth and Educators Succeeding and the Free Child Institute. He is also the author of Facing Adultism. In this episode, we talk about how adulthood is socially constructed and give practical advice on what you can do to create greater engagement with your children.

This is a big topic from which you will learn a completely different way of thinking about the social issue of how we treat children.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• [00:58] Introducing guest and reviewing Facing Adultism book
• [02:52] Why adults should be the center of everything in the society
• [07:46] Things that children do are determined by their age
• [11:15] Danger of having responsibility without power in parenting
• [14:34] Adults sharing power and empowering kids
• [21:01] Linking your childhood experiences to address adultism
• [25:46] Contemporary vs. traditional adultism roles and responsibilities
• [30:33] Justifying adultism patterns based on the age of the child
• [34:43] Negative adultism that is embraced in the new generation
• [40:27] When does adultism occur?
• [45:02] How does adultism factor into infants and babies?
• [48:56] Impact of adultism on brain development
• [53:38] How to deconstruct social expectations and biases
• [58:00] Become the change you want to see in the society
• [1:00:02] Final words and contact information

Resources

• Youth and Educators Succeeding
• Free Child Institute
• Facing Adultism by Adam Fletcher
• Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nick Duffell talks about the wounded leaders produced by the elite boarding school system and how their psychology has shaped the world.

Nick also shares how leaders can change their psychology, integrate these experiences and better connect with the people they serve.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• [1:13] Nick’s work in psychohistory and his interest in elite boarding schools
• [9:18] How elite boarding schools were intentionally designed
• [16:05] Historical transitions in British society and how it impacted elite systems
• [20:53] Questioning the foundation of privilege in elite systems
• [26:00] Nick’s clinical work and the types of personalities in boarding school survivors
• [29:38] Strategic survival personality
• [33:36] Arbitrary roles within boarding school and societies
• [36:13] How shame in wounded leaders manifests into psychological projections on to others
• [40:47] Nature of the psyche in relationships
• [43:41] Behavior of leadership steaming from early childhood traumas and psychological projections and examples
• [52:56] How to heal as a boarding school survivor
• [1:03:45] Global effect of elite systems

Resources:

• Nick’s Website 
• Nick’s Books
• Lloyd DeMause
• John Taylor Gatto

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Anthony Migliorino, a coach on fatherhood and the founder of Peaceful Fathers, shares his insight on peaceful parenting.

Peaceful Fathers focus on bringing up children peacefully, through positive parenting, which embraces hard work, improvement, dedication, and constant learning, rather than corporal punishment and abuse. He champions good fatherhood parenting aspects such as masculine self-development, peaceful parenting, and better bonding with your children.

During this episode, we talk about the impact of good parenting on general society’s growth.

In This Episode:

• [00:45] Origin of Peaceful Parenting concept.
• [03:44] Peaceful Parenting building journey.
• [06:18] Peaceful Parenting transformation steps, methods, and techniques employed.
• [07:53] Family development plan, a success factor to good fatherhood.
• [12:14] Steps that seem to help men more in becoming better fathers.
• [14:25] Common challenges that deter men from becoming good fathers.
• [19:48] The process of instituting masculinity elements in men.
• [24:03] Factors that contribute to a successful fatherhood transformation.
• [27:18] The disconnect between parenting, relationships, business, and money.
• [32:02] Authoritative parenting weaknesses.
• [34:30] Peaceful Parenting variations in different stages of child development.
• [37:48] Orientation of new members to Peaceful Parenting.
• [40:39] Common resistance to men who enroll to Peaceful Fathers
• [44:25] Peaceful Parenting as a hard work
• [52:43] Social ConditioningCondition that makes men poor fathers.
• [57:10] Recommendations and suggestions to men who want to become better fathers.
• [58:45] The one commitment that gives 80% results to good fatherhood.
• [01:01:09] Finding the right motivation groups for better fatherhood.

Resources

• Peaceful Fathers
• The Fraternity of Excellence
• Anthony on Facebook / Instagram / Twitter
• Hold On To Your Kids
• Anthony’s Sister (Lactation Consultant)

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Author and historian Lynn Hunt shares her work on the history of human rights.

We talk about how the new technology of the novel led to the inspiration for humans rights, the failures of early human rights movements, and what lessons history can teach modern activists today.

Topics Discussed In This Episode

• [1:14] Lynn’s Book “Inventing Human Rights: A History” and the story behind her interest in Human Rights
• [2:47] Is Human Rights an invention or a discovery?
• [4:49] Rights vs. Human rights and how the idea and discovery came about
• [8:00] The rights of “man” and the fight for equality
• [11:34] “The Novel” and the initial seed for human rights
• [18:28] The power of storytelling and lessons from novels creating empathy
• [23:16] Torture punishment and the present
• [29:00] Parallels from history and political reform
• [34:08] Diversity in opinions on rights
• [38:15] The on going expansion of human rights and what modern activists can learn from history
• [41:28] Solving the problem of differences from a story-telling level and the push back on human rights
• [49:26] Authoritarianism and participatory governments
• [50:11] Past Revolutions based in equality and the progression to today
• [55:56] The perceived failures in comparison to the aspirations of the human rights movement

Resources: 

• Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt

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