You’ll Understand When You’re Younger
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVanessa Baker’s purpose is to destroy the mindset that teenagers are problematic.You’ll Understand When You’re Younger brings graphically honest conversations with young adults to listeners to expose how brilliant, deep, insightful, and unbroken they really are and always have been.
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Episodes
YUWYY Episode21: I Don't Know What I Want and Who I Am and That is OK!
May 18, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBWhy isn't one step at a time ok in this crazy life???--- YES! at all ages and stages!!!
YUWYY Episode19: What Do You Substitute For Truth?
May 15, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MB"I was standing in line like a regular person and a guy starts shooing me away." - Guest 19
YUWYY Episode20: It's the Little Ways You Talk to Your Children that Kill Them
May 15, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBThe tone, the comment, the denial, the looking the other way... (the audio is a little yucky on this one, but the content is FIRE!!!)
YUWYY Episode18: I Am Obligated To NO ONE and I'm Also KIND AF
March 29, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBShould we treat kids like adults? What happens when we treat kids like kids? What if we treated our kids as equals? Will there be an uprising? Or will there be peace?
YUWYY Episode17: I Am Preparing To Do Things
March 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBIs it our place to tell people that what they are doing isn't enough? What if it's the season of preparation? What is something is brewing? Can we give our kids more credit for what they are up to? PLEASE?
YUWYY Episode16: Not Understanding Your Kids Is A Choice
February 20, 2021 16:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBTeenagers have so much pressure on them. The impact of living a life based on fear is tragic. Teach your kids to make the best decision for THEM because they have to live with it. (please forgive the background noise!)
YUWYY Episode15: I Told You So, But WE Will Work Through It
February 15, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBUnderstanding + Non-Judgment + Nonattachment = YES!!! Don't make your kids fight for their freedom.
YUWYY Episode14: Why Even Try? I'd Forever Be A Disappointment
February 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBPeople aren't a recipe. Parents won't get far putting their own wants on their kids. Alternative Healthier View: Just listen to your kid. Nurture whatever they are interested in. Let kids figure themselves out and SUPPORT them along the way.
YUWYY Episode11: If I Ever Got An Apology, My Door Would Be Open
February 06, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MB"I can relate to my mom because I've gone through a lot of the same stuff she went though. I have sympathy for her." -Guest 11
YUWYY Episode 13: Do Unto Others As You Didn't Like It Done Unto You, Huh?
January 27, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBA Case for Self Improvement "When you're raised one way, it is kind of hard for you to shift your way of action and thinking because you're environment causes you to form habits or thoughts you may have not consciously accepted, but subconsciously creep into the way that you naturally behave." -Guest 13
YUWYY Episode12: When I Thought I Knew Everything
January 25, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB"My friends have helped me become more mature...They helped me realize there's a much better way to look at things that are going on in the world- a much more mature way, without being condescending." -Guest 12
YUWYY Episode10: What To Do When You See An Opportunity
January 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB"All you can do in life is to...do! That's action. That's all you have. Being able to take advantage of these actions...and increase your experience, your knowledge, your wisdom...if you can, you should." -Guest 10
YUWYY Episode9: Nothing Matters and Everything Matters
January 12, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB"It takes a really long time to realize that you are 100% completely in charge of your life and that you can control some if not most of what happens to you...you're the only one who can say yes and no to anything in your whole life. No one else can make those decisions for you." -Guest 9 Forgive the guest's audio quality! We had some trouble, but the convo is still really amazing.
YUWYY Episode8: There's No Assigned Cubby For That In My Brain
January 04, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB"My mom's knowledge does not fit into who I am so she doubts my knowledge of myself." "I think it's human nature that people are comfortable with what they already know. If you make room for something then that might open your mind and make you realize you're wrong about something else which may make you realize that you're wrong about something else and create this catalyst of things that completely changes your entire reality--and I think most people don't want that." -Guest 8
YUWYY Episode6: Emotional Dust Bunnies
December 30, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB"When you're not allowed to be authentic, it really harms your mental health and it really takes a toll." "Sometimes parents provoke [or ignore] kids which forces them to get louder and louder and then treat them like an inconvenience for being loud."
YUWYY Episode7: From JFC, MOM! to Thanks, Mom!
December 30, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB"I don't know if I like myself because I like myself or if it's for the things that other people like about me." ...deep talk regarding social media. When you realize the intention behind your parents' nagging, you can handle talking to them better.
YUWYY Episode5: What If You're Underestimating How Much People Care?
December 26, 2020 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBKids don't want to be stereotyped, but neither do parents.
YUWYY Episode4: Mom/Dad: If You're Mad At Life, Don't Be Mad At ME!
December 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MB"Strict parents make sneaky kids." - Guest 4 Generational Trauma When kids WISH their parents would get a divorce instead of stay together "for the kids" When parents are jealous of their kids for the VERY opportunities they wanted to provide for them How kids can have more compassion for their parents and help bring their parents' spark back
YUWYY Episode3: On Parenting The Kid You *Think* You Have
December 16, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB"Instead of me having to push down the fact that I'm trans because she's uncomfortable with it, I'd like to have her to push down the fact that she's uncomfortable so I can be trans." -Guest 3, regarding his mom music by Lucas Lex
YUWYY Episode2: How To Destroy Your Teenager's Magic
December 15, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB"This is going to sound weird, but my mom, even though she is not still Earthside is still my biggest support." music by Lucas Lex
YUWYY Episode1: Feeling Bad About Feeling Bad is Bad
December 14, 2020 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB"I wish I just had room to talk [to my parents] about feeling bad and not feel bad about feeling bad." Parents: Your kids can handle you being real, being scared. It would help a lot. Teenagers: Tell your parents that you can handle their realness and that it's ok that they are scared too sometimes.