

Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 5: Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis w/ Jo delAmor
15 snips Sep 23, 2025
Jo delAmor, author of Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis and a seasoned parenting coach, shares her insights on nurturing kids in today's world. She explores the shift from a power-over paradigm to one of mutual thriving, encouraging parents to see their children as wise partners. Jo emphasizes the importance of interconnectedness and critiques traditional children’s media for its separative narratives. With a focus on parenting as a form of activism, she invites us to learn alongside our children for a better, more compassionate future.
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Parenting Beyond Capitalism
- Jo delAmor frames post-capitalist parenting as orienting children outside capitalism's extractive norms.
- She urges parents to treat capitalism as temporary and teach a deeper relational way of being.
How Work That Reconnects Shaped Her Path
- Jo describes discovering Joanna Macy's Work That Reconnects and weaving it into her coaching and group work.
- She later joined Spiral Journey and the Work That Reconnects network, making it central to her life.
Power-Over As Root Cause
- Jo identifies the 'power over' paradigm rooted in separation and hierarchy as the upstream cause of many crises.
- She argues parents are 'paradigm makers' who orient children toward either separation or interconnection.