HeyJaredThe Family Skeptical
We're a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you're any stripe of non-believer who's involved in raising children, welcome!
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Squeaky Wheeling It (opens the original)
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We start the episode discussing our visit to a local Ren Faire. And then we talk about needing to be the squeaky wheel - particularly when it comes to the kids. How often do you reach out? How annoying are you willing to be? What's the emotional cost at the end? What are the possible consequences? And I realize we gave no update on Camp Quest from the last episode. Despite having to leave a day early due to sickness, both kids had a great time. The Family Skeptical: We're a married atheist coupl
Paying Kids to Read and Estrangement (opens the original)
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When we recorded this, the kids were away at Camp Quest and we had feelings. Also, we discuss Moms' plan of paying the kids to read chapter books over the summer. Finally, we talk about the deluge of social media posts about adult child estrangement. Now the links: Camp Quest Care and Feeding Podcast: Bribing Kids to Read? My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story Attack of the Black Rectangles Demon Slayer Warrior Cats Hemant Mehta on adult child estrangement The Fam
Brain Space (opens the original)
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We begin with a story about our new car trip media consumption. Then we talk about how hard it can be to be intentional in parenting. And finally discuss some of the things that we think it's important to bring up with your kids - even if they don't broach the subject first. Other things on that list for me - the dangers of the manosphere, how common suicide is and how it's incredibly important to not be afraid to ask for help if you're struggling with depression, consent, what's it's like for w
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