Ben Greenfield
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, but dad, what about my friends?
And look, if you think about it, it's pretty silly that we've decided as a society that the only way for a child to be with friends or make friends is for you to dress them up and send them off to an institution each day where, yeah, they're going to be with friends, but they're also going to be in a learning environment that is potentially completely opposite to what it is that they're truly passionate about or even your own values as a family or as a parent.
What about my friends?
And look, if you think about it, it's pretty silly that we've decided as a society that the only way for a child to be with friends or make friends is for you to dress them up and send them off to an institution each day where, yeah, they're going to be with friends, but they're also going to be in a learning environment that is potentially completely opposite to what it is that they're truly passionate about or even your own values as a family or as a parent.
Not to mention the bullying, the peer pressure, etc.
Not to mention the bullying, the peer pressure, etc.
So they took me up on the idea.
And their days are freaking magical now.
So they took me up on the idea.
And their days are freaking magical now.
They're off playing.
I think they just left with mom to go play tennis.
They're off playing.
They're outside most of the day.
I think they just left with mom to go play tennis.
They're cooking.
They're outside most of the day.
They ran their own podcast and cooking channel.
They're cooking.
As soon as they got out of school, they started up a podcast and a cooking channel.