Mom Facilitated Truancy

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The speaker's mother played a significant role in facilitating their truancy by preemptively aiding their rebellious behavior as a teenager. She cleverly provided pre-signed notes excusing their absence from school whenever she noticed their lack of interest in attending. This proactive approach prevented the speaker from rebelling against school attendance, as their mother had already embraced and enabled their truancy, leaving them with no room to challenge the established norm.

Malcolm recently sat down with friend and award-winning theologian Lee C. Camp to discuss his journey on the acclaimed podcast No Small Endeavor. In this episode, they explore a host of Malcolm's stories – from receiving permission from his mother to cut class to spending three days a week in Freudian therapy as a young adult – all which contributed to who he is today.

Produced by Great Feeling Studios and PRX, No Small Endeavor brings thoughtful conversations with bestselling authors, artists, theologians and philosophers – like Hollywood legend Rob Reiner, and Civil Rights hero Reverend James Lawson – about what it means to live a good life.

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