The Art of Accomplishment

What Joe Got Right (and Wrong) in Parenting… According to His Daughter

The Art of Accomplishment

Show Notes

What's it actually like to be raised by two parents who teach emotional work for a living? In this special episode, Joe sits down with his 17-year-old daughter Oona, for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what she thinks he and her mom got right, what they got wrong, and what her generation is really navigating right now.

They talk about being seen by a whole community of adults, what it's like to have parents recognized in coffee shops, the voice in her head that got mad about an A minus, and why she thinks trust and boundaries are what her generation needs most.

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