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We’re kicking off a podcast series called “OutThink the Classics,” part of my own personal quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

Our first series is “Exploring Evil,” where we will explore the concept of evil in classical kids’ stories. We start this journey with the Wicked Witch of the West– can't you just hear her theme music now?

Please welcome Family Therapist Lauren Mazzarese and Freelance Arts Manage...

“What do you do when other people have a story about you in their head, and they won’t let you change? They won’t let you do something that doesn’t fit the idea they have. They’ve already made up their mind about you. What do you do about that?”

- Ben “Books” Schwartz\

Welcome or welcome back to our podcast series called “OutThink the Classics,” part of my own personal quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

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“You realize that it's not a parent's job to tell children who they are. It's a parent's job to meet their children where they are and help them grow into the person that they are, you could say, destined to become.”

-Julia Washington

Welcome back to “OutThink the Classics,” my own personal quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

We continue our first series, “Exploring Evil,” exploring the concept of evil i...

“I don't intentionally make deep movies.”

-Hayao Miyazaki

Welcome back to “OutThink the Classics,” my quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

We continue our first series, “Exploring Evil,” exploring the concept of evil in classical stories and how it relates to parenting and kids. Episodes 1-3 discussed the Wicked Witch of the West (and Auntie Em) and just finished Loki Seasons 1 and 2. Now it’s time to exp...

“Daddy gave joy to millions of children but I was dying inside.”

-Lucy Dahl

“Just because it’s on the printed page doesn’t mean it’s the only way to think.”

-Madeleine Mager Deliee

Welcome back to “OutThink the Classics,” my own personal quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

We continue our first series, “Exploring Evil,” exploring the concept of evil in classical stories and how it relates to parenting a...

“[Seuss] is only a reference. He has no impact on my artistry. He’s just a part of history. Now I move forward with other people that are more current, that allow me to tell stories differently, within the context of now. Was he a part of my life? Absolutely. But it is a historical moment now.”

-Chil Kong

Welcome back to “OutThink the Classics,” my own personal quest to contextualize classic pop culture for modern families.

We conc...

"The role models, we just didn't have a whole lot....I wanted to be present."

I'm lucky; I have a dads' group. I have a group of dads that I've been with for sixteen years. We started when the kids were 19 months old, and we went through fatherhood together, and we continue to do that....which means I have a group of guys to help mentor me through....That support and that mentorship, that's huge."

-Shannon Carpenter

“Wh...

“Your child needs to know that it’s okay to make mistakes, that your family and your forgiveness is always an open door.” -Cindy Marie Jenkins

“We don't want to take kids' feelings away from them.” -Lauren Mazzarese

Out Think Influencers is the second podcast series from Out Think Media, where I team up with experts to give you the historical, cultural and emotional context needed to understand kids' media today.

Today’s episode ki...

“Nobody is immune to this type of predatory behavior.” -Jennifer Lawrence DSW, LICSW

 

Out Think Influencers is the second podcast series from Out Think Media, where I team up with experts to give you the historical, cultural and emotional context needed to understand kids' media today.

Today’s episode continues discussing Influencers, and specifically the kinds of Romantic Scams that children can fall prey to.

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