27th July 2025

Jesse and I are speaking about “slacker parenting” this week on the podcast. This time period might sound a bit odd or like the other of the type of dad or mum you’d need to be, however hear us out… as a result of it’s not precisely what it appears like!

I not too long ago learn a pre-release copy of Alli Worthington’s upcoming e-book Remaining You Whereas Elevating Them and that’s the place I bought the phrase from. Alli talks about how youngsters are sometimes rather more succesful than we predict they’re. What would it not appear like for us to provide them extra alternatives to be in command of their very own obligations — comparable to getting up and on the point of depart for college, making their very own lunches, managing their very own homework, and many others.

I so agreed with what she jokingly known as “slacker parenting” as a result of it’s about elevating our youngsters to be adults, to take possession of their life and selections, and to study private accountability from a younger age.

On this episode, we discuss extra about what this has regarded like in our dwelling, the way it frees us as much as get pleasure from our youngsters extra, why it’s a present we give our youngsters, and the way it helps put together them extra for all times and their future.

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In This Episode

[01:35] – We’re speaking about slacker parenting at present.

[02:38] – We simply bought again from a tenting journey!

[05:23] – We realized that our youngsters prefer to sleep in very chilly temperatures.

[06:25] – Our ladies went to promenade — and we additionally type of went to pom for the primary time!

[08:29] – I’ve been again on the studying prepare.

[11:47] – I’m nearly finished listening to The E-book Girl’s Daughter.

[13:59] – Jesse is trying ahead to the e-book The Watchmaker’s Daughter.

[16:52] – Iron in a Bottle has been saving my life!

[20:23] – Mamava pods additionally saved my life final week.

[23:53] – What impressed the subject of slacker parenting?

[26:19] – Hear an instance of how we observe this.

[28:31] – Children are much more succesful than we give them credit score for.

[31:00] – Jesse emphasizes that children will even ask to assist at occasions.

[32:39] – We additionally attempt to keep away from fixing issues for our youngsters.

[35:06] – It’s additionally vital to show youngsters to ask for assist reasonably than anticipate it.

[38:30] – This can be a reward to your youngsters and to your self.

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