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MOTFL 034 JAM 023: Diane, a Social Worker by Profession and Stay-at-Home Mom by Choice
Note: This interview was recorded in 2018. Transcription: [music] Welcome to the Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Mothers on the Frontline is a nonprofit organization, founded and run by mothers of
MOTFL 033 CBF 005: Punitive Frameworks Part II
This episode of the Conversations Between Friends series was recorded June 29, 2020.
MOTFL 032 CBF 004: Punitive Frameworks Part I
In this episode of the Conversations Between Friends Series, we discuss punitive systems, including policing and schools, and the frameworks and assumptions underlying their policies. Terminology: I
MOTFL 031 CBF 003 Allyship: Moving from Performativity to Authenticity
In this episode we discuss: what it means to be an ally the difference between performative and authentic allyship how allyship differs from friendship and being a coalition partner stigma jumping vs
MOTFL 030 CBF 002: Defunding the Police
In this episode we have a conversation about defunding the police: what it means, what it doesnt mean, and how the phrase raises different emotions in people depending on their personal experiences w
MOTFL 029 CBF 001: White Lady Tears
In this episode, the founders of Mothers on the Frontline discuss grief, racial privilege, policing, and the performativity of emotion. Families and communities are grieving right now. We are grieving
MOTFL 028 JAM 022: Kate, A Mother From Iowa
Kate is a mother from Iowa whose children have autism, anxiety, ADHD, sensory processing disorder and prosopagnosia. In this episode, she discusses what it was like when her son was first diagnosed, a
MOTFL 027 JAM 021: Raising a child with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety
[music] Welcome to Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Today, as part of our Just Ask Mom Series,we listen to a Mom of a 9 year old diagnosed with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety in 2014
MOTFL 026 JAM 020: Fostering Over 100 Children
In this episode, a foster and adoptive parent shares her experience of caring for her biological, adoptive and foster children. Voiceover: Welcome to the Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Today, as pa
MOTFL 025 JAM 19: You are Everybody You’ve Ever Been
In this episode, Diana shares her experience mothering a 17 year old daughter with anxiety and depression. Mentioned on this episode: NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/ T