This week’s episode is about one of life’s hardest and most humbling jobs. Parenting. You’ll hear stories about potty training, power struggles, living with teenagers, character-driven parenting, and negotiating new relationships with grown children. Plus some stories about beaches and dead birds.
The hour features two interviews. Melissa Burroughs is a mother and teacher, and has worked extensively with families. The show also features an interview with a mother of two grown daughters. She talks about how parenting changes when the kids have grown and gone. She prefers to go unnamed.
EPISODE MUSIC
| TRACK NAME | ARTIST |
| Piano | Larry Massett |
Loved listening to the stories!
I especially enjoyed the Plastic Stars story. The naming of that special kind of talking and listening in the dark, where all demands, and even cues, about how the “other” is responding drop out, and one is free to ask and listen to the deepest questions. Also appreciated the variety on the theme of how much one steers, or leaves children to discover themselves. Ranging from Larry’s somewhat chilling story about roaming free, with adults who basically didn’t know where their kids were, with all the adventure and real danger that involved (what must the man in the suit have thought when he discovered the raft minus a child?!), to the incredibly thoughtful and organized parenting strategies of your sister, and the many shades between.
Wonderful interview and wisdom from young thoughtful moms. Enjoyed this very much.
loved the whole thing.
Gorgeous from start to end. I loved all three perspectives, yours included.
More Larry Masset piano music, please!
This is a great show, hope it gets wide distribution. I’ve been listening to VPR for years, never heard such thoughtful, human programming. Wow!
I listened to this in pieces (problem with time, computer crash) and found each
one fascinating in itself. Emailed it on to my granddaughter who has 3 children,
4,2, and 6 mo. Wonderful road map for a very important job. And a great check on the eternal question, did I do it right?
Ditto re: all the above comments. Beautifully done and genuinely heart- full.