#27 Parenting Through Today’s Challenges with Dignity

“You have to treat people with dignity when it is hard. I didn’t say respect because I don’t respect someone’s actions when they are taking away the dignity of someone else. Being in a culture of dignity is being prepared to be forever changed by what you hear.” Rosalind Wiseman

I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host. And today, you are listening to The Parenting Well Podcast. Today’s Well Source is Rosalind Wiseman. Rosalind is a parenting educator who fosters civil dialogues and inspires communities to build strength, courage, and purpose. As the founder of Cultures of Dignity, she works to shift the way that communities think about our physical and emotional wellbeing by working in close partnership with the experts of those communities, including young people, educators, policy makers and business / political leaders. Her Owning Up Curriculum teaches students and educators to take responsibility as bystanders, perpetrators, and victims of unethical behavior. She is the author of several books, including Queen Bees and Wannabes, which was the basis for the 2004 film Mean Girls. In May 2022, Rosalind and Shanterra McBride will publish Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Brave, Life Changing Conversations about Race and Racism. 

In this podcast, we talk about:

- Recognizing the challenges of young people

- Managing tough emotions

- Understanding how parents/caregivers play a role in the well-being of young people

- Increasing your awareness of the issues that parents and schools encounter together

- Treating people with dignity when its hard

- Recognizing social emotional learning in the teachable moments

RESOURCES

- Website: Cultures of Dignity

- Article: Teen Publication - My Great Expectations

- Amazon: Books by Rosalind Wiseman