019. Decentralized Parenting: Raising Free Children in a Lost Culture with Dr. Tom Cowan

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Born To Know

Eyla Cuenca

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Thanks for joining me on the Born to Know podcast. I’m Eyla Cuenca, for over a decade I’ve been guiding women and families on their path to reclaiming their self-sovereignty through the scope of fertility, conception, birth & postpartum. You may know me for exposing the various ways in which disempowering narratives and systems claim to be giving us choice, convenience & freedom from suffering. And just when it seems like I'm going to pull off the culprit's villain mask, I like to reveal how you've been in the driver's seat all along. We decide when we are ready to receive, to drop the struggle, to make the change, to walk toward life. The Born To Know podcast brings you conversations with world-renowned experts & thought leaders in every field to peel back the layers of this epic world we live in and see where choice really resides for each of us, every day. We are all born to know and to live as our most authentic and liberated selves.

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019. Decentralized Parenting: Raising Free Children in a Lost Culture with Dr. Tom Cowan

Born To Know

1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds

7 months ago

019. Decentralized Parenting: Raising Free Children in a Lost Culture with Dr. Tom Cowan

What if the very systems you’ve been told will set your child up for success are actually programming them for lifelong victimhood & dependence?

In this episode, I’m talking with Dr. Tom Cowan about the deeper forces shaping parental decision-making. We dive into unschooling, natural parenting, and the socially conditioned beliefs that make parenting much harder than it needs to be. We also discuss Tom’s new book, Common Sense Child Rearing: Unconventional Wisdom for a Nourished Childhood, and why curiosity is your best ally as a parent.

Tune in to learn how to decondition yourself from fear-based parenting, why forced learning backfires, and how you understand your child’s behavior while truly connecting with them.

Chapters:

(00:00) Start

(03:45) Introduction to Dr. Tom Cowan’s work

(04:01) Reframing the societal belief that parenting must be difficult

(15:32) Why overcoming personal difficulties is essential for children to grow into strong individuals

(20:43) Tom Cowan explains why helicopter parenting is a recipe for raising weak children

(28:47) Children learn through osmosis and copying their parents' behavior

(32:28) Debunking the myth that children don’t remember their birth

(35:12) Why you can’t dictate the “right way” for your children to live

(38:28) How to understand your child’s behavior and truly connect with them

(45:24) Tom Cowan's approach to healing the parent-child divide

(49:49) The impact of medical interventions during pregnancy and birth on the nuclear family