Podcast 031: Letting Kids Set Boundaries




Uncommon Sense: the This is True Podcast show

Summary: In This Episode: Following on the previous episode, a lot of child abuse could be stopped if we encouraged our kids to set boundaries — and then we honored them. The story from the middle school in Utah where girls were not allowed to say no to boys asking them to dance really drives this all home: the rule actually sets girls up for abuse. Plus another segment of No Longer Weird.<br><br> <br> <a title="Click to submit to Twitter - You do get the chance to edit before you submit it." href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT%20@ThisIsTrue:%20https://thisistrue.com/d-" target="new"></a><br> Jump To…<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#feedback">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><br> <br> <a name="notes"></a><br> Show Notes<br> <br> * Be sure you heard the last episode, <a href="https://thisistrue.com/what-mandatory-means/">Podcast 030: What ‘Mandatory’ Means</a>.<br> * The blog post with the Utah middle school “girls must not say no” story is <a href="https://thisistrue.com/when-good-people-do-nothing/">When Good People Do Nothing</a>.<br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/no-longer-weird/">No Longer Weird</a>: People who accidentally shoot themselves while demonstrating the supposedly safe handling of firearms.<br> * Sample James Bond posters are below, as discussed: absolutely stupid disregard for basic gun safety.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Not How It’s Done<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast-1496500">PlayerFM</a>, <a href="https://beta.tunein.com/radio/Uncommon-Sense-the-This-is-True-Podcast-p1015540/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://podfanatic.com/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Podfanatic</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast//">ListenNotes</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1259380128/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Overcast</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147364&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/gb57a-57601/">Podbean</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/">Listen Notes</a> — and more to come?<br><br> <a name="feedback"></a><br> Comments and Questions?<br> Your comments on this episode are welcome below. Questions can be added there, sent via this site’s <a href="https://thisistrue.com/contact/">Contact Page</a>, or tweeted to <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsTrue">@ThisIsTrue</a>.<br> <a name="transcript"></a><br> Transcript<br> Randy: Welcome to Uncommon Sense, the Podcast companion to the ThisIsTrue.com newsletter with the mission to promote more thinking in the world. I’m Randy Cassingham.<br> Kit: I’m Kit Cassingham.<br> Randy: We’re catching up a little this week, and you can find links and a transcript on the Show Page, at thisistrue.com/podcast31<br> First up, let’s add another category to stories that are No Longer Weird.