Parenting for the Future Petal Modeste

Studies have shown that 69-90% of us will experience at least one serious traumatic event during our lifetimes. The sudden death of a loved one. A debilitating illness.  A natural disaster. War. What differentiates us?  How we respond;  how resilient we are.  Our guest today has found that extremely resilient people share  the 10 attributes we discuss in this episode.  As we reflect on the  personal and global challenges we have all faced in 2023 and look forward to the new year, understanding how we can not only become more resilient but teach our children to develop resilience, is undoubtedly one of the most important lessons we can learn.  

On October 24, 2023 a bipartisan coalition of 32 US. Attorneys Generals filed a Federal lawsuit against Meta alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features at Instagram, Facebook, and its other social media platforms to induce young children and teenagers into addictive and compulsive social media use contributing significantly to a youth mental health crisis. The suit also alleges that Meta has repeatedly misled the public about the substantial dangers of its platform's use.  But in 2021 before these lawsuits, an anonymous employee of Facebook filed a series of complaints with the US. Federal government, claiming that Facebook had been misleading the public and investors about the impact of its services on the mental health of children and young adults. That employee later revealed herself to be Frances Hogan, and she is our guest today.
As we enter the holiday season where our kids are likely to spend more time than usual on screens, this conversation is more important than ever. 

There are over 300,000 transgender children under 13 years of age in the United States.and every single one of them is under attack.  Join me in conversation with Jodie Patterson, former Chair of the Human Right Campaign Foundation Board, author, activist and mom to a transgender child where we explore the transformative privilege of parenting transgender children and why fighting for their rights and protecting their ability to thrive is non-negotiable if we want a future where all our children will thrive. 

“Some of issues parents expected to confront when their child was in their early twenties. have been pushed later. 
I think it's safe to say that many parents expected to still be providing some financial assistance to their child when their child was in their early twenties. Don't think that many parents expected to be doing it when their child was 30, and I think that from the young person's point of view they probably expect to be getting some help from their parents while they were still in college and right out of college, but I'm sure that they didn't expect that to be having to go to their mother and father and ask for financial help on the over 30 or 32, and that is going on today. And so I think the shifting timetable of the transition to adulthood has really made this an important topic and parents are perplexed”
Distinguished University Professor and  Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University
Education/Degree: AB in Psychology,  Vassar College Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies Cornell University

" The truth is Congress has so completely failed. They Haven't passed a Privacy law since Mark Zuckerberg was in diapers. It’s pathetic. Shame on them! This has reshaped everybody's lives, and they just sat there, and because of their political partisanship, the fact There's not a federal privacy, law, or Laws regulating social media platforms is a joke.  Absolute abject failure of our political system in the twenty-first century."
Founder and CEO, Common Sense Media Co-Founder, Center for the next generation  Education/Degree BA, Stanford University J.D., Stanford Law School

'When I work with the athletes and talk about toolboxes, I think helping them build tool belts that give them the arsenal. So when? Not if but when the headwind blows. Oh, I got this! I have agency over my destiny. I get to decide what's next for me, (remove Petal's sound) Yes, I'm gonna need help along the way and support, of course, but I'm not gonna let any setback, not making the team or that coach not liking me, determine my future. "
Peak Performance Coach Motivational Speaker Co-host: “Raising Athletes” Podcast Education/Degree: BA, College of William and Mary