The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Should American Parents Adopt a More Hands-Off Approach? - Between The Scenes

Episode Date: May 22, 2022

“Parents should treat playgrounds, the way people should treat airport carousels…take a step back.” Trevor discusses the difference between American and South African parenting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. I really don't know why Americans are... I think I know why, but I'm not sure why Americans are so stressed about their children. Like it's a... Like, I was in a... I was in Brooklyn over the weekend. I know, I go places. I go places. And it was really interesting.

It was at a park with a friend and so she was taking her kids to the park and so we're like, all right, let's go to the park. And when we got there, my friend is from South Africa, right? So we get there and immediately the first thing she sees she's like, she's like, I, Trevor, she's like, why are all the parents in the park? I'm like, what do you mean? She's like, why, the kids are, but the, because like all the parents are right there and I was like, oh yeah, this is an American thing, they don't. Because like, every parent is like, the kid like, the slide and the parents are there and the kids talking to each other parents are the parents are it's really interesting to see when you're from another country because here like everyone's just like my kid

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