Originally recorded in June 2020, My best friend and I (since 2009) have a conversation about race. Even though we were both army brats we had wildly different school and home education around race and racism.

Labeling is often our way of making sense of the world. One of the things we often label is each other. Sometimes it is for encouragement or to make that person feel good about themselves. Other times it is to discourage a behavior or used as a way to “other” people. Regardless of the intent of labeling children, ourselves, and others often fall short of our goal. In this episode, I discuss the impact labels often have and what we can do instead of label.

On our journey today we will be questioning how the thoughts you have around gender affect the way you parent your kiddos.