Brené Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, I think yes.
Being fun loving was very valued in my family and being tough.
These were the values.
These are on the parental scorecard.
This is what got you an A. If you're fun, easy, you can shoot straight, spit far, fish well, like really drive fast.
And so those things were very valued.
Athleticism was very valued.
But those fun things could turn really hard very quickly.
Yeah, I could just picture it like it's fun until it's fun until you've got a parent ejected from a game for being so hard.
Am I on a couch?
You're on a couch.
Like a yellow velour couch, like from the 70s?
Yes.
I think about that picture.
I like that picture.
But there is definitely I definitely had a protector role as the oldest.
I mean, code name Sister Superior.
It was jokingly, but it wasn't joking.
Like if things got hard between my parents and they would get in volatile fights, I would go get all my siblings, put them in my room.