Announcement About March 22 Online Meeting

At this meting, for paid subscribers, we will discuss the challenges of being a trustful parent in today's world.

Dear friends,

On Saturday, March 22, beginning at 2:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time, we will have our second online meeting for paid subscribers. As the topic for this meeting I have chosen: The Challenges of Being a Trustful Parent in Today’s World.

Some of my Substack letters most relevant to this meeting, which you might want to review, are the following:

#54. Social Norms, Moral Judgments, and Irrational Parenting.

#56. Intensive Parenting is Harming Parents as Well as Kids.

#57. The Good Enough Parent is the Best Parent.

#67. Must Moms Be Everything to Their Kids?

At the February meeting I gave a rather long talk followed by questions and answers. Let’s experiment with a different format this time.

My plan is to give a relatively brief introduction on the idea that trustful parents allow their children to explore, play, and engage in other activities independently, in ways that fit with the children’s capacities and interests and the realities of their environment. To a large degree, trustful parents trust their children’s instincts and desires. School pressures, societal fears, and other constraints make it difficult to be a trustful parent in today’s world, with the consequence that parents and children alike are suffering psychologically. How can parents meet this challenge?

My hope is that after my opening talk we will hear from a panel of 3 to 5 of the participants who would like to contribute their thoughts about this topic. Ideally these will be current parents who have been engaged in the challenge of being trustful parents. My suggestion is that each of them will present their experiences and thoughts within a period of about 5 minutes.

Then, after hearing these brief presentations, we will move to the phase of questions from any participants who have questions. These questions will be presented in the chat, curated and read out by Antonio Asher, who is helping to administer the meeting, and could be responded to by me or any of the panelists.

If you are a paid subscriber and are interested in possibly being a panelist for this meeting, please indicate that in the comments section to this letter (open only to paid subscribers). In doing so, please explain briefly the nature of your experience as a parent or child caregiver and the idea or ideas you would like to present as part of the panel.

The rest of this letter, which includes the link necessary to register for the Zoom meeting, is open to paid subscribers only.

With respect and best wishes,

Peter