NewKid
NewKid
Podcast Description
In this podcast, we explore the singular choices we make as parents, in 2025. I hope these discussions will bring parents -and anyone interested in the new generation of citizens- questions and tools to navigate the unknowns more peacefully, more intentionally. Through these episodes, I wish to give all parents the confidence to trust their kids, to trust in the future, to collaborate with one another and with the educators, to proactively seek ways of using the superpowers AI provides, instead of being afraid and opting out.
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Content Themes
Focuses on contemporary parenting dilemmas, technology's role in child-rearing, and multicultural upbringing, with episodes tackling themes such as bilingual education, emotional intelligence, and the integration of AI in children's development as demonstrated in the episode featuring Sandra and Yotam on raising a trilingual child.
NewKid is a podcast where I sit down with parents and talk about the singular choices we make raising our children today: what we would love to nurture, and how could technology serve us on this mission.
In this episode, Sylvana and Eamon talk about the importance of treating their children as whole people, taking their thoughts and feelings seriously from the time they were born. They talk about the benefits of (alternative) school, about learning how to love being alone, about how you instigate and nurture a growth mindset, and why – although crucial to them – they think it’s too early to teach their daughters computer programming. It’s been quite a passionate exchange!
00:00 intro
01:24 [singular choice] treating our children as whole people, why it matters to them
10:36 [mainstream choice] school as the place to navigate the challenges of being around other humans
15:50 why a montessori school
23:30 montessori vs waldorf
25:56 [wish was taught at school] don’t get in the way of curiosity!
32:30 [from their own education, the good] embracing being alone, risk taking and giving a try
40:37 [from their own education, the less good] the importance to prepare for motherhood, to be a really present and loving father
44:59 [the trait they’re trying to nurture] growth mindset, knowing some basic programming concepts
51:11 [technology serving this mission] helping kids make informed choices
1:03:16 [advice to your earlier selves] patience & refill your own ressources
1:04:47 parenting resources that Sylvana & Eamon recommend
wrap up
1:07:50 wrap up
Dig deeper:
• coding programs for kids, Scratch
• making sense of the past, the Landmark Forum
• toddlers growing, around the world, Becoming You, The First 2000 Days of Life
• creating healthy connections first, Listen, Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges, by Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore
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