#104: Tough Conversations With Your Children feat. Kodjo Akolor

Amat is still in his baby bubble, so this week Kodjo Akolor joined me on the pod. We began by talking about Kodjo's life after radio and his willingness to share his ambitions. I find it refreshing, at that - according to Kodjo - is because I'm American. Then we discuss the importance of real friends and the differences in friend constellations.

Then we discuss the balance of maintaining our children's innocence in a world of wars and invasions and genocides. How do you talk to your kids about all this messed up stuff going on? How real do you get with them? What terms do you use and not use? Are there tools out there to help with these tough discussions?

We end the episode with the old tradition of swapping spanking stories. Because, why not? It's a time-honored tradition in my family to recount those crazy times when somebody did something to "get it". Kodjo, apparently, does the same, so we do it on this episode. Then we reflect on how that trauma molded us as fathers. It's a good conversation that I'm glad I got to experience. Enjoy!

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