Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris - Ten Percent Happier Presents: Childproof with Yasmeen Khan

Episode Date: December 17, 2021

Being a parent is really freakin’ hard. Of course, it can also be incredibly rewarding and delightful. Either way, it consumes us. Childproof is a show about us, the parents, and how we can raise kids without losing track of ourselves in the process. Each week host Yasmeen Khan, a journalist and mom, brings us conversations and stories with fellow parents and experts on how to navigate this whole parenting thing — especially the shifts that happen within ourselves. Because parents are growing too.About Yasmeen Khan:Yasmeen Khan is the host and managing editor of Childproof, Ten Percent Happier’s podcast focused on parenting. She was a public radio journalist for nearly 15 years, at WNYC Radio in New York and before that at North Carolina Public Radio.While at WNYC, her award-winning work included coverage of the New York City schools; youth and family life; and policing. She produced in-depth stories on the city’s segregated school system, and dove into the municipal archives to tell the story of a massive 1964 school boycott. Yasmeen’s 2019 investigation into New York City’s child welfare system showed how the city increasingly used its authority to remove children from their parents without a court order.Yasmeen has also held jobs as a bartender, toll collector, and dishwasher. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What does it even mean to live a good life? Is it about happiness, purpose, love, health, or wealth? What really matters in the pursuit of a life well lived? These are the questions award-winning author, founder, and interviewer Jonathan Fields asks his guests on the Top Ranked Good Life Project podcast. Every week, Jonathan sits down with world renowned thinkers and doers, people like Glenn and Doyle, Adam Grant,

Young Pueblo, Jonathan Height, and hundreds more. Start listening right now. Look for the Good Life Project on your favorite podcast app. Hey y'all, it's your girl, Kiki Palmer. I'm an actress, singer, and entrepreneur. On my new podcast, Baby This is Kiki Palmer. I'm asking friends, family, and experts the questions that are in my head. Like, it's only fans only bad.

Where did memes come from? And where's Tom from MySpace? Listen to Baby, this is Kiki Palmer on Amazon music or wherever you get your podcast. This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey everybody, Dan Harris here. I am extremely excited to let you know that our 10% happier podcast family is expanding. We're launching a new podcast and it's going to dig into a part of life that I know many of you are working through right now. I definitely am parenting. I know there is no shortage of parenting advice out there. Do a little

googling, you can find all sorts of listicles, ten tips to get your toddler to eat broccoli, eleven ways to connect with your teenager blah blah blah. That is not what this show is about, however. This is a show about the deepest, most challenging and often hilarious aspects of parenting. You can kind of think of it as a support group for parents. It's for those of us who want to use the experience of parenting to grow and learn. The podcast is called Child Proof, and in true, 10% happier fashion, the goal is to help

introduce a little bit of mindfulness into your parenting life, while telling relatable and fun stories. It's hosted by somebody truly phenomenal. My new colleague, I'm proud to say, Yasmeen Khan. She's a former newsroom reporter and a mom of two kids. Yasmeen came to 10% happier herself when she was trying to get a handle on her stress and stopped losing her cool with her kids. Something, I, something I can relate to, I suspect many of you can too. And that sent her on a quest to see how other parents are managing the tough parts of parenthood and also celebrating the wins.

Yes, means going to bring you conversations and stories with fellow parents and with experts on how to navigate this whole parenting thing, especially the shifts that happen within ourselves, because parenting isn't just about raising your child, it's about growing and changing yourself. So I want to let you listen now to a trailer for this new show called Child proof. No! It's Thursday. No, talk to me! I am sitting down the hall from my kids who are yelling in the background. This is me hiding from my family as my two daughters get ready for bed.

Energy's a little crazy and I don't feel like dealing with it right now. Not trying to slack off or anything, but I hear my kid having a meltdown. And I don't want to have a meltdown either because I feel like I could. Am I allowed to say that? because I feel like I could. Am I allowed to say that? Yeah. Okay, so I'm just gonna wait it out for a few minutes

and then go in to help with teeth and stories. I'm Yasmeen Khan. I'm a recovering news reporter and mom of two little kids who's trying really hard to regulate my own emotions the way I'm telling my three-year-old she should. And to do that, I know I need to understand where I'm at and who I am as a parent. That's what I've been wrestling with. And turns out, I'm not alone. I thought I'd be a magically chooled ad.

Like, where did my former self go? Like, oh god, I miss that. I miss that. It is still very hard to reconcile. The fact that I have a four-year-old. You don't need me to tell you that raising a kid is incredibly exhausting, overwhelming, also rewarding and fun. I want us to talk about how we can do this job and keep track of ourselves in the process.

Like how are you doing? From 10% happier, this is child proof. It's a parenting show about parents. Whether you're in the early years of having kids. I sort of felt like I was on drugs for the first several months of my daughter's life. Or cranky and tired and cranky and tired. Or working through issues as they get older. When your daughter's hiding a guy from you,

that's one thing that father should know. Suffice to say, we pulled apart like all the white claws out of my kids' bedroom today. We're gonna get honest. Really honest. I really don't like playing with kids. I actually took out my nipple ring. Wow, kids cost a lot of money. Y'all, I love my family so much,

but I got so bored of them. So bored. You'll hear from families that look just like yours and nothing like yours. There were mom and dad households, there were just mom households, there were grandparent households. They're like, how am I gonna explain that to my children?

I'm like, you just tell them and they're okay with it. It's not that hard. And you'll hear from folks who have expertise and wisdom to share about how to take care of you. They won't hold back either. All of this advice leads many parents to believe that there are other parents out there who have nailed this.

They're going to say, you should be doing this. Oh, no, don't do it that way. And you're just doing what you think is best for your family. Maybe there are ways you've changed as a person since having kids that you're not sure how to deal with, or maybe there are ways you want to change. We're gonna talk about that, and we'll get insight on how to sift through all the stuff

that fills our heads, our anxieties, self-doubt, what it's gonna take to get through bedtime. We're gonna talk about these things together because parenting is a bad-ass thing to do and there's a lot to say. You don't really know what kind of parent you are until it's happening, right? Maybe you actually can do things

that you've spent a long time telling yourself you couldn't. The whole world knows that Dan Horowitz has wanted to have a baby since the day he was born. I gotta tell you, it's the best thing that I've ever done in my life. I love being a father. Child proof. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. I'm incredibly excited to launch this new show. You're going to be hearing a lot about? Skip the supply chain woes and send your loved one's mindfulness this year with a subscription to the 10% happier app we're offering gift subscriptions at a discount through the end

of this month. No shipping required, obviously your gift will be delivered directly to your email inbox. Get a gift subscription by visiting www.10%.com slash gift. That's 10% one word all spelled out. .com slash gift. We'll see you back here on Monday with an episode about how to change your habits incredibly relevant as we approach a new year.

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