Parenting in the Age of Trump... and Dealing with Other Challenging Role Models

Parenting in the Age of Trump . . . and Dealing with Other Challenging Role Models Here’s a quick parenting quiz.    Question: “How do you spell opportunity?”   Answer: “T-R-U-M-P”   Regardless of your politics, most of us American parents agree, there’s more profane and disgusting information leaking out of the media and into our children’s brains than ever before in the history of time. This information comes from Twitter, late night comedy, football, and the weather; it’s everywhere and it presents a direct challenge to American family values.   What’s a parent to do?   In this episode, Dr. Sara and Dr. John take on the Trump phenomenon and although neither of them speak Latin, the bottom-line message is “Carpe Diem!” or “Seize the day!”   On their way to seizing the day, Sara and John share their own parental shortcomings. They also brainstorm how to respond when teenage boys come home and say things like, “I just learned that oral sex isn’t really sexL!” They discuss how to take outrageous contemporary media content and use it to facilitate children’s moral development. If you want to face the challenge of parenting in the Trump era and turn it into a moral development opportunity, listen to this episode of the Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast.   This podcast is brought to you by the Charles Engelhard Foundation and NPEN.org