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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to The Happy Family's podcast. My name's Doctor

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Speaker 1: Justin Coulson. She has been dubbed America's worst mum by

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Speaker 1: the media and frankly, where's it as badge of honor.

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Speaker 1: Lenoskanazzy New York Times best selling author of Free Range

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Speaker 1: Kids and co founder of Let Grow, alongside the most

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Speaker 1: relevant psychologist in the world right now, Jonathan Hate, sparked

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Speaker 1: a cultural revolution with one simple act. She let her

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Speaker 1: nine year old ride the New York subway alone. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you've been to New York, you know that there

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Speaker 1: would be some tension in your shoulders if you allowed

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Speaker 1: that to happen. But that's what she did, then wrote

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Speaker 1: an article about it because she was a journo, and

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Speaker 1: my goodness, didn't the world blow up. Now, fresh from

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Speaker 1: the TED main stage with her talk why you should

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Speaker 1: spend less time with your kids, Lenora is back and

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Speaker 1: she's one of our favorites. We'll talk with Lenoskanazi next.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned, Gay Welcome this The Happy Family's podcast, Real

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Speaker 1: Parenting Solutions every day on Australia's most downloaded parenting podcast.

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Speaker 1: It's so good to be with your Thanks for choosing

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Speaker 1: to spend some time with us today. If you've been

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Speaker 1: listening to the pod for a while, you know Leonor Scanazzi.

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Speaker 1: She's the woman who became America's worst month in inverted

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Speaker 1: commas in air quotes for letting her nine year old

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Speaker 1: ride the New York subway alone, and then turned that

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Speaker 1: controversial moment into a movement. As co founder of Let

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Speaker 1: Grow with Jonathan Hate and the author of the New

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Speaker 1: York Times best selling Free Range Kids, Lenore has been

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Speaker 1: working hard to get the message across that kids need

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Speaker 1: independence for years, but her recent TED talk why you

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Speaker 1: Should spend Less Time with your Kids, delivered on the

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Speaker 1: main stage at TED twenty twenty five in Vancouver, may

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Speaker 1: be her most important message. Yet it's only a thirteen

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Speaker 1: minute talk. We'll probably talk more about it today than

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Speaker 1: the talk actually goes for. She dismantles what she calls

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Speaker 1: the terrible lie that's been driving both parents and kids crazy,

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Speaker 1: the belief that children can't handle anything on their own.

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Speaker 1: So today we're diving deep into that talk, exploring why

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Speaker 1: the adult takeover of childhood has created an anxiety crisis,

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Speaker 1: and discovering why the most powerful learning happens when parents

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Speaker 1: step back. Lenor welcome back to happy families.

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Speaker 2: Very happy to be here, even though how many miles away?

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Speaker 1: Am I?

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Speaker 2: Is it like.

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Speaker 1: Half of work? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can't get much further. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but thank you. It's just a delight to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about your ted talk. That's the whole reason

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Speaker 1: I wanted to chat with you. I sat down watch

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Speaker 1: the entire thirteen minutes. They've shortened them, and they do.

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Speaker 1: There is so much in there. So I just want

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Speaker 1: to talk about the title for a sec. If you're

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Speaker 1: a helicopter parent, you're going to clutch your pearls. Why

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Speaker 1: you should spend less time with your kids? You call

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Speaker 1: it exposing And this is a direct quote, the terrible

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Speaker 1: did unsupervised childhood which is what I grew up with,

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Speaker 1: and I assume what you grew up with, Yes, of course,

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Speaker 1: when did that become redefined as neglect? And what are

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Speaker 2: I'd say it's started changing. It didn't happen over night,

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Speaker 2: but we started putting the pictures of quote unquote missing

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Speaker 1: I'm not aware that ever happened, but we saw it

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Speaker 2: the fear that kids who are in organized activities are

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Speaker 2: getting more instruction, more opportunities, more intensive cultivation that will

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Speaker 2: And so what are you about to? Oh you Range

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Speaker 1: Was going to ask you for you with David Epstein's

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Speaker 1: because while some will shoot ahead of the pack, if

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Speaker 2: Such a fantastic book, and what he points out is

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Speaker 2: the power of analogy, and that is that you were

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Speaker 2: of the time you're making something richer because you're bringing

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Speaker 2: favorite thing I tell parents who are worried, oh my god,

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Speaker 2: that's what you're giving them. It's interesting to me because

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Speaker 2: not knowing you know either of these places, I don't

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Speaker 1: And then you say, and nobody would want to kidnap

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Speaker 2: I think I say, after the firste hundred thousand, they're

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Speaker 2: I just have to say, ask parents, what would likely

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Speaker 2: and fifty percent replied they'd be likely to be kidnapped?

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Speaker 2: So we are just just completely out of our minds

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's astonishing. Last lightning round question, if you could

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Speaker 2: Oh, that's interesting. Here's one that I actually think about

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Speaker 2: won't blame you. I like it. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I've been saying for the last year or so your

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Speaker 1: could land them in hospital if it goes wrong. People

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Speaker 1: get quite over that's a.

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Speaker 2: Guy thing, think that way.

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Speaker 1: And we've had a couple of kids end up in

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Speaker 1: experiences because they're doing things that help them to find

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Speaker 1: those limits. I love the Ted Talk. I love the

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Speaker 1: message that you continually promote around the world. Or the

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Speaker 1: title of the Ted Talk is why you should spend

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Speaker 1: less time with your kids. No, thanks for being on

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Speaker 1: the podcast again.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Justin and hi down there.

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Speaker 1: The Happy Family podcast is produced by Justin Rolan from

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Speaker 1: Bridge Media. Mim Hammon's provides additional research and other support,

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Speaker 1: and if you'd like more info about anything Eleanor has

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Speaker 1: show notes, including to her best selling book, Her Ted

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