THE GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER PODCAST

The innate wisdom of childhood

October 12 , 2022

PURPOSE, CHILD-LED, ATTACHMENT, PARENTING, MOTHERING

with Child Activist, Author, and Mother Zoe Haack 

Today’s episode is with author and child activist Zoe Haack. We discuss Zoe’s work supporting parents to navigate the critical period of birth to 5 years, as they learn what it means to become parents. Zoe’s approach is to look at the intergenerational patterns of parenting we inherent, and how to bring awareness to the ways in which we would like to parent our children going forward, and to see them as unique individuals with value to share. Zoe explains the importance of reflecting upon the way we were treated as children and realise how we are seeing our own children through the lens of how we were raised.

Zoe shares how the most important thing is being able to approach ourselves and our children with compassion and to have awareness of the language we use. We also ask, how can we be freer to enjoy our children? How do we parent the child in front of us, and not base our decisions on outside influences and education? How do we aim to meet the cultural demands of the society around us? And where could we let some of that go, to allow ourselves to be oriented towards joy? Because children are experts at following the joy and can teach us so much. 

  • “We're all we're all coming at childhood and the way we observe and witness children through the lens of how we were raised. So whatever the expectations were in our home and our societies, essentially, unless we think about that, and make some conscious decisions, that's what we give out to the next generation.”

    — Zoe Haack in conversation with Sophie Brock, Ep. 81 The Good Enough Mother Podcast

  • “If you were raised with punishment and rewards, chances are that's going to form a large part of your repertoire, unless you do some digging around and some thinking and some real, intentional choices about the way you want to take things forward.”

    — Zoe Haack in conversation with Sophie Brock, Ep. 81 The Good Enough Mother Podcast

  • “Where I am trying to meet the cultural demands of the society around me. Where could I let some of that go? And, allow myself to be oriented towards joy, children, experts at following the joy. If we can let them lead and follow along with their joy, I feel like we're all going to have a better experience.”

    — Zoe Haack in conversation with Sophie Brock, Ep. 81 The Good Enough Mother Podcast

You Already Knew: Reclamation of your innate childhood wisdom is not about looking back, it’s about bringing forth

"Busy isn't in a child's repertoire until we put it there."

- Zoe Haack

Zoe believes that to heal the planet is to raise children who will create a world unrecognisable to us. To do that our kids must know their needs will be met and know they will be consulted, trusted, revered, and respected.

You Already Knew is now available here.

“Kids need to be given the opportunity to make as many decisions as possible in their day”

Meet

ZOE hacck

Zoe Haack is an author, child activist and thought leader on growth through osmosis. She sees a world where our natural rhythms are restored, and children lead. She recognises the innate wisdom of childhood and implores adults to see beyond the confines of societal structures to regain sovereignty.

An avid researcher and remarkable storyteller, Zoe revolutionise the way educators prioritise trust, freedom, and autonomy for children.

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“I've spent the last 15 years or so in early childhood, supporting families in the first five years of their children's lives, a really critical period for not just those children, but for those parents as they navigate what it means to become parents. And I've really enjoyed having the opportunity to witness and observe people grow and come to trust in themselves as they go through that journey to go from feeling really quite nervous and unsure about, you know, every every little decision to really being able to stand in their power and advocate for the little person in front of them. Because the reality is, every child is different. And we have to parent the child in front of us not base our decisions on everything that somebody else tells us, there's so much information that people can get really clouded.”

—Zoe Haack in conversation with Sophie Brock, Ep #81 The Good Enough Mother Podcast

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