I ended up adopting after a long road with ART, and I can't imagine a moment without him. He is the epitome of nature vs. nurture every second. We do not share genetics yet we share so much. Ironically the soon to be ex never really clicked into parent mode so now we get to experience/explore/learn/see nature vs. nurture in coping skills with the added dimensions of ASD/ADHD/teen/bi-racial/adopted/pan. He has deeply made me a better parent, mother, person and professor. Thank you Jessica, Holiday and Jessi (oh yeah, Rainn & Reza too)!
No!!! Put the women back on!!!! I carried another human in my body. I grew two whole people inside me. They are now in their 20's, I've been married almost 30 years. I've heard enough from men regarding child baring, birth and what it means to be a woman. Oh wait, you guys are pretty advanced for humans. I'll hear you out, for now. My mother was emotionally abusive. I swore I'd never have kids and frankly never gooshed over human babies. A puppy is a whole other matter. I went into adulthood feeling that I wouldn't want kids. Then in my early 20s everything changed. I got pregnant and had a miscarriage. After that, I wanted 2. I knew 2 and only 2. Didn't care what gender as long as they were healthy. My kids changed me fundamentally. I am, without a doubt, who I am today due to them. My kids taught me everything good that I know of parenting. They also set the stage for me to say no more, to the emotional abuse at the hands of my mom which ramped up when I moved out on my own. My father doesn't value women, so my father was distant and apathetic. My kids taught me so many good qualities that I am categorically different from my family of origin, where abuse in many forms is the norm. I have much better mental health and aspire to even greater mental well being because of my kids. I exist for them. I exist to be their mother. Being a mother healed me. Mom vs dad. It's been shown that as long as a child has one solid, caring, nurturing parent or caregiver they will have a greater chance in life, regardless of the gender of the caregiver. As long as the caregiver can be a loving, compassionate, reciprocal, supportive individual for the child to use as a base from which ro explore the world. Any decent human can raise happy, successful kids, they just have to be present and attuned. The Golden Girls. I can't ignore the irony here. My mom disowned me for choosing to have a family. She didn't talk to me for almost 7 months into my first full term pregnancy. The morning my first was born, I had been in labor for 24 hours. I was terrified, alone and a new mom with no family. The Golden Girls were one of the few things to watch on a hospital TV. Those women were there for me when I was at my most vulnerable. Wouldn't be the first time I placed an emotional connection on a TV character. But I've spent a great deal of time pondering, did my new mother brain need other women so badly that I was willing to accept a group of tv characters as my support group? Yes. Terribly ironic that a podcast about being a parent would include these women.
I have a bit of an issue with any parent considering themselves a hero for doing a job they knowingly signed up for. Why does everyone need a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum?
I ended up adopting after a long road with ART, and I can't imagine a moment without him. He is the epitome of nature vs. nurture every second. We do not share genetics yet we share so much. Ironically the soon to be ex never really clicked into parent mode so now we get to experience/explore/learn/see nature vs. nurture in coping skills with the added dimensions of ASD/ADHD/teen/bi-racial/adopted/pan. He has deeply made me a better parent, mother, person and professor. Thank you Jessica, Holiday and Jessi (oh yeah, Rainn & Reza too)!
Great to see Holiday!! Interview terrific too.
Listened to the podcast at work today, but just had to come here and see the opening bit 😂
NIce ! i love you guys! you guys are amazing!
Nature vs nurture
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No!!! Put the women back on!!!! I carried another human in my body. I grew two whole people inside me. They are now in their 20's, I've been married almost 30 years.
I've heard enough from men regarding child baring, birth and what it means to be a woman.
Oh wait, you guys are pretty advanced for humans. I'll hear you out, for now.
My mother was emotionally abusive. I swore I'd never have kids and frankly never gooshed over human babies. A puppy is a whole other matter.
I went into adulthood feeling that I wouldn't want kids. Then in my early 20s everything changed. I got pregnant and had a miscarriage. After that, I wanted 2. I knew 2 and only 2. Didn't care what gender as long as they were healthy.
My kids changed me fundamentally. I am, without a doubt, who I am today due to them. My kids taught me everything good that I know of parenting.
They also set the stage for me to say no more, to the emotional abuse at the hands of my mom which ramped up when I moved out on my own. My father doesn't value women, so my father was distant and apathetic.
My kids taught me so many good qualities that I am categorically different from my family of origin, where abuse in many forms is the norm.
I have much better mental health and aspire to even greater mental well being because of my kids.
I exist for them. I exist to be their mother. Being a mother healed me.
Mom vs dad. It's been shown that as long as a child has one solid, caring, nurturing parent or caregiver they will have a greater chance in life, regardless of the gender of the caregiver. As long as the caregiver can be a loving, compassionate, reciprocal, supportive individual for the child to use as a base from which ro explore the world. Any decent human can raise happy, successful kids, they just have to be present and attuned.
The Golden Girls. I can't ignore the irony here. My mom disowned me for choosing to have a family. She didn't talk to me for almost 7 months into my first full term pregnancy. The morning my first was born, I had been in labor for 24 hours. I was terrified, alone and a new mom with no family. The Golden Girls were one of the few things to watch on a hospital TV. Those women were there for me when I was at my most vulnerable. Wouldn't be the first time I placed an emotional connection on a TV character. But I've spent a great deal of time pondering, did my new mother brain need other women so badly that I was willing to accept a group of tv characters as my support group? Yes. Terribly ironic that a podcast about being a parent would include these women.
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I have a bit of an issue with any parent considering themselves a hero for doing a job they knowingly signed up for. Why does everyone need a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum?
Agreed... but not all do the bare minimum and those who look for accolades should never be parents
Why is Rainn wearing 2 different shirts during this video? Video taken over 2 days? Just tell us if so. Don’t not mention it..