Episode 261: Cindy Wang Brandt

 

 

I am happy to welcome to the table Cindy Wang Brandt. She is an author, podcaster and host of the Parenting Forward conferences. A friend told me about her years ago and since then I’ve read her book, Parenting Forward, and always enjoy her podcast by the same name.

We recorded conversation while I was hunkered down in the safest room in the house during a tornado. You guys, if that isn’t commitment to you then I don’t know what it is. In this conversation, we talk about how to create a space for kids to cultivate their own spirituality, advice on how to raise kids without unnecessary shame in regards to their sexuality and how to raise citizens of the world—that is, how to help shape conscious kids.

Just a note before we dive in. If you are a Christian, then you may have heard the word deconstruction or the phrase evolving faith more and more these days. This is one of those episodes where I want to help you survive where you are even in your faith. I have heard from so many women that they are wrestling with their faith these days. Many of you have had a hard time reconciling your faith from childhood to what you've experienced as adults in our western culture. Deconstruction isn’t about losing your faith. It's about embracing the uncertainty. Anne Lamont says that “The opposite of faith is not doubt, it’s certainty.” It is good to wrestle with the faith of your childhood and see how it can evolve with you as you grow up. And it’s about recognizing the parts of our faith that involves shame and being able to move through that.

 
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Takeaways:

  • We have to change what we think it means to be a child. They are fully humans. They are not humans in the making.

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Connect with Cindy:  Website // Instagram // Facebook // Podcast

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