TPP 255: Raising Kids Who Are Allies, Embrace Social Justice, and are Civically-Minded, with Amber Coleman-Mortley
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What does it mean to raise civically‑minded, socially‑conscious kids?
We want to give kids the confidence that they can build spaces that are welcoming for for literally for all people. That is the point of raising civic-minded, socially conscious kids. I want to be in a space where there's people who are different from me because that makes me grow. I want to be a part of creating welcoming spaces.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. This week, I'm sitting down with social justice advocate Amber Coleman Mortley, host of the Let's K-12 Better Podcast and blogger at Mom of All Capes for a conversation about raising kids to be civically minded. I love Amber's optimistic, passionate, and empathetic perspective on the importance of equity and diversity in our civic and personal spaces. And I wanted to share her insight with listeners as I truly believe that combating racism and injustice is not just the pivotal work for our time, but that our differently wired kids can and should play a vital role in this work.
In our conversation, we talk about what it means to be civically minded, how parents can set their kids up to be allies and utilize their passions for social justice, and why we should then move out of the way while the next generation builds a more just and equitable world. Before I get to my conversation with Amber, I want to welcome new listeners to this podcast. If you are new to Tilt Parenting and you found this podcast while searching for resources to support you on your journey of parenting a neurodivergent child, I have a few other resources I want to be sure you know about. My book Differently Wired, a parent's guide to raising an atypical child with confidence and hope, is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook, and in Differently Wired I share my best practices and practical advice for supporting not just our kids, but ourselves through this journey.
And if you're looking to make some quick positive shifts in your day-to-day life, I invite you to do my free differently wired seven-day challenge. You'll get a short daily video highlighting one actionable thing you can do right away to shift the way you think, feel, and act in relation to your child, a downloadable mini workbook and a private Facebook group. And it's totally free. Just go to tiltparenting dot com slash seven day to sign up. That's tiltparenting dot com slash seven day. And now here is my conversation with Amber. Hey Amber, welcome to the podcast. Oh my God, Debbie, you're amazing. I love it. I can't wait. This is gonna be awesome. Oh my gosh, that is like the nicest first line a guest has ever said to me in five years.
So thank you for that. And right back to you. I'm very excited about this conversation. So I would love to just generally introduce you to my listeners. So would you just take a few minutes to Tell us who you are in the world, you know, as a parent, as a human showing up in your work. Just give us a bit of your story.
Yeah, cool. So hey, world. Um, my name is Amber Coleman Mortley. Um, my nine to five, I work as the director of social engagement at iCivics. Um, and I do a lot of work elevating diverse voices in the civic space. You know, I work with educators and I work with uh youth to do this. Um, my not nine to five, I spend every other waking moment. moment thinking about um how civics uh impacts the lives of marginalized people. Um I also spend a lot of time, I have three daughters, so I've spent a lot of time raising them. We have a podcast together called the Let's K 12 Better Podcast. I also blog at MamaVall Capes. And so, you know, essentially I just show up in the world as an educator, as a parent, as a supporter of teachers, as a civic enthusiast, as even and I would also say as an anti-racism evangelist.
So that's how I kind of show up. You know, in the world.
You wear so many hats. Like that is a lot of different spaces to be working in and I love it. Like I you have a lot going on and you are definitely my kind of people in that way.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What does it mean to raise civically‑minded, socially‑conscious kids?
0:00–8:21
2
How does Amber define civics beyond just knowing government?
8:21–15:02
3
What strategies can parents use to help kids become allies and anti‑racist advocates?
15:02–24:04
4
How can families model and practice intersectionality in everyday life?
24:04–31:41
5
What role does school‑board voting and community involvement play in civic education?
31:41–37:21
Speakers
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