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The Invisible Backpack: What Your Child Brings Home | Ep. 224
Our children have whole parts of their lives we’ll never witness. We can’t follow them into those moments—but we can become the place they want to return with them.
In the Conversation
The “invisible backpack” our children carry home from school, activities, friendships, and everyday life
Why connection—not simply information—changes the conversations we have with our children
Good questions that help children open up without making them feel interrogated
Why availability and timing matter, especially as children move into the teen years
How listening can get lost when we move too quickly…
The skinny
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