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MFA: The Parenting Edition

English - January 14, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB
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Previous Episode: They'll Tell the Story of Tonight

Next Episode: Just My Imagination

Your child won’t listen to you? Take a number, hun. Today we'll be talking about listening - why your kids don’t listen to you and why you may not be the world’s best listener and how to get better. We’ll kick off our show with The Raise a Glass Series, get on to our questions to explore, and end with A Short Story Before We Go. MFA is the sometimes-musical, dramedy, in 3 acts, 1 intermission, the length of a sitcom designed to give mama’s (and any caregiver) a break in the day to breathe and reset along with a much needed audio hug.

Quote: “children may not obey, but children will listen, children will look to you, for which way to turn, to learn what to be, careful before you say “listen to me”, children will listen” ~ Finale/Children will Listen from Into the Woods

Act I: The Raise a Glass Series

· The Raise a Glass Series is a space for reflection and gratitude centered around the topic of the day and inspired by lyrics from Hamilton the Musical.

Today’s lyrics – “I know my sister like I know my own mind, You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind, If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned, He’d be mine, She would say, I’m fine, She’d be lying”

Act II: Main Questions

· Why doesn’t my child listen to me?

· How does someone listen effectively? What are those skills?

· If I could get my child to listen to me all the time what would that look like and mean for our relationship?

· What would my relationship look like if I were a better listener?

Intermission: Angelica Interlude

Act III: A Short Story Before We Go

The Actor’s Nightmare

Episode transcript: available at https://www.mfaparentingedition.com/044

Sources that helped inspire this episode:

· Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods – Children Will Listen / Finale Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

· Lin-Manuel Miranda - Satisfied Lyrics | Lyrics.com