Ep 41: Politicizing Abandonment Wounds & Practicing Interdependence in Parenting

"Because what happens in society trickles down into what happens in our homes. Social norms often become family rules. Abandonment in the home is often a byproduct of structural abandonment from the government."

 
 

Episode Summary:

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In this episode, you and I are going to unpack the concept of “organized abandonment” together. A term that’s enlivened by professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore, a prison abolitionist and scholar. Then, we’ll explore one antidote to abandonment and codependence which is interdependence. We’ll close out the episode with four invitations for you to play with when you practice interdependence in your daily parenting. So that you can strengthen your social justice muscles of interdependence- not codependence- when you go out to your community and advocate for change.

Full episode transcript here.

 

Episode Outline

  • Using political analysis to sharpen our parenting strategies.

  • How organized abandonment in society trickles down into abandonment in the home between parents and children.

  • Defining organized abandonment and abolition.

  • How we got catfished by capitalism and punished by it.

  • Applying abolition to parenting, making it a practice of decolonized parenting.

  • One antidote to codependence with capitalism is interdependence with one another.

  • Defining interdependence: 4 examples from nature and spirituality to community organizing.

  • Four invitations to practice interdependence in your daily parenting.

 
 

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