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

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. These steps cover a lot of ground, from what this looks like in our homes and our relationships with our kids, assessing capacity and taking time to rest, as well as how we can take action outside in the world around us.

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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