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Michael Bennett is a unicorn. The NFL defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, is both a Super Bowl Champion and a self-described feminist. Pele Bennett is no slacker either: she’s a food advocate and a skilled Polynesian dancer. Together, the Bennetts have taken on everything from racial justice work to authoring a children’s book to parenting three daughters. Today, the Bennetts dive deep on the importance of empathy in all aspects of parenting and life. “I don’t think it’s ever going to be peaceful. I don’t think we’ll ever be perfect because everyone’s perspectives, everyone’s views, are so different. But I do think that if we just try to understand each other, whether I feel it was right or wrong, then we can keep moving forward.”

Comedian Amber Rollo recounts her story of confronting Harvey Weinstein at a comedy show and advocates for teaching kids about sexual assault at a young age. “How do we come to a point in our society where sexual assault is not the norm, where a person is not assaulted every 73 seconds? How do we do that?”

Erinn Hayes (Children’s Hospital, Medical Police) shares how reinforcing reading (and minimizing screen time) changed her family for the better. “Kids love a good story. So, it’s then our responsibility to nurture that, to encourage it, and to foster a love and a reverence for a good book and the quiet solitude it provides.”

Author Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance) explores the impact of trauma and the importance of representation. “If you are not pumping in as much good, as much positive qualities, as much humanity, as much empathy into the young mind that you’re forming, you are letting all the toxicity of just existing in the world pump into them instead.”

Recorded live at Largo Los Angeles and introduced by the lovely Kulap Vilaysack, Casey Rose Wilson and Matt Walsh provide tried-and-true tips on raising good kids. First, Casey outlines all the reasons raising assholes may be inevitable and how we all need to be 100% kinder to mothers. Then, Matt provides 10 things anyone in the world can do to raise good kids every single time, no matter what. 

Heading into a new decade, yoga teacher and philosopher Chelsey Korus explains how the principles of yoga can be woven into our everyday lives and in the way we parent our kids. “When I look back on my life, the...

Paul Tough (journalist and author of The Years That Matter Most) walks us through his research on both early childhood and higher education, and how we can set our children up for success at various points of their development. “We...

Santa is joined spiritually by Oprah, Brené Brown, The Dalai Lama, Billie Eilish and Lizzo to share some collective wisdom for parents about taking care of yourself in the new year. “You’ll have a good year if you focus on:...

Lizz Winstead (activist and co-creator of The Daily Show) examines her own childhood, attending Catholic school, being the youngest of five, and having two conservative parents who always accepted her even when they didn’t totally understand her.

Good Kids: How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent Child with Jamilah Lemieux transcript   [00:43] I’m Jamilah Lemiuex, and you're listening to Good Kids: How Not to Raise an Asshole.    [00:50] There's an old saying, ‘children are meant to...