What Got You There with Sean DeLaney What I Hope My Kids Learn By Watching Me — Beneath The Surface with Sean DeLaney
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Nov 14, 2025 Explore the importance of intentional parenting and how kids learn more from example than lectures. Discover the roots-and-wings concept for nurturing independence, and the power of presence in family life. Sean shares insights on creating a personal guide for children, fostering resilience through discomfort, and encouraging curiosity. He emphasizes the value of authenticity, deep love, and simple rituals to strengthen connections, while advocating for allowing kids to find their passions and unfold organically.
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See People To Build Connection
- See others fully: greet and acknowledge people to make them feel seen.
- Teach Ubuntu: your identity and well-being are linked to community and relationships.
Children Choose Collective Success
- An anthropologist offered fruit to children and expected competition.
- Instead, the children joined hands and ran together, saying, 'Ubuntu, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?'.
Turn Conflict Into Connection
- Slow down during conflicts and make a real invitation to connect, like offering tea and asking for feedback.
- Replace the 'last deeply satisfying unhelpful thing' with questions that build mutual understanding.
