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What Story Are You Telling Your Kids?

Sep 24, 2020

02:51

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Explore the different versions of history parents can tell their kids, including propaganda, dark truth, and a balanced approach that acknowledges both the good and bad. Learn the importance of teaching hope and inspiration while still being honest about history.

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Teach kids a balanced version of history that acknowledges both the good and the bad, without denying truth or hope.

Inspire kids by highlighting the positive efforts of recent ancestors and encourage them to be active participants in creating a better world.

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Choosing the Narrative for Our Kids

The podcast emphasizes the importance of choosing the narrative and story we tell our kids about history. We are presented with three versions of history: the propaganda version, the dark truth version, and the balanced version. The balanced version acknowledges both the good and the bad in history, without denying the truth or hope. It encourages us to see the good in people while acknowledging the mistakes and challenges they faced. The podcast suggests that we should inspire our kids by highlighting the positive efforts of their more recent ancestors who strove to do better, rather than burdening them with guilt for the actions of their distant ancestors.

The Power of the Story You Tell Your Kids

3min

"There are a few versions of history you can tell your kids. You can tell them the propaganda version—the fables, the self-serving myths, the lies that dictators or the jingoists like to traffic in. You can tell them the dark truth version, the almost-nihilist 'People’s History' version that is resurgent today—that everything is bad, was done with evil intention, that all of history is a cover for malevolence and that progress is impossible.

Or you can tell them the third version: The one that does not deny history or hope. The one that looks to see the good in people without pretending the bad didn’t happen."

Ryan describes how to teach your kids an accurate understanding of our country's history on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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