This is part two of Maria’s conversation with Nate Turner. Today, they discuss the lessons he learnt throughout his journey as a parent. When he learnt he was going to be a father, Nate realized he wanted to do things differently than his own father. In this process of changing the pattern, he started writing letters to his son as a way to communicate with him on a deeper level. Nate’s book “Raising Supaman” is a collection of these letters that he sent to his son between the age of 2 and 16. They contain the lessons he was trying to reach him as a man-in-training. Since publishing “Raising Supaman”, he has been travelling the country to speak to students, educators and parents about the importance of intentionally designing our children’s lives and playing a major role in them.
Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
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Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Philly Crew performed by Danny Kean and Doug Maxwell
Spy Funk performed by Quincas Moreira
Where to find Nate Turner:
https://www.nathanielaturner.com/
http://www.raisingsupaman.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielaturner/
Impact Learning Episode 31 with Nate Turner
Books:
Mentioned in this episode:
Aristotle quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/709859-give-me-a-child-until-he-is-7-and-i
The Lion King: The Original Movie
Robert Zeitlin on the Impact Learning podcast
Outliers, the Story of Sucess by Malcolm Gladwell
Listen to this episode and explore:
The glass is always some percentage of full (7:25)
How our parent’s legacy might impact our own (8:06)
Raising our children as “adults-in-training” (12:19)
The importance of making our best effort rather than trying to win (18:04)
The importance of affirmational thoughts to help us create our best future (19:20)
How to connect at the heart with our children (27:40)
Two pieces of advice for parents and parents-to-be (30:60)
How external pressure and expectations affect our children’s lives (32:49)
The importance of educating parents to create a new way forward for their children (37:09)
Nate’s new book: It’s a Jungle Out There (50:56)