Can kids be peacemakers? Preemptive Love founders Jeremy and Jessica Courtney share how living in Iraq has influenced how they raise their children. With host Erin Wilson, they explore how culture, technology, and war changed their perception of parenting—and invite us all to enter into difficult conversations with the young people in our lives.
Their kids, Emma (14) and Micah (11), dive into their perspectives on growing up in Iraq, sharing thoughts on violence, media, and what makes home to them. Kids are often shielded from bad things, but what happens when that’s not possible? This episode also includes a call with Molly Goen, a teacher who confides what students taught her after they survived a traumatic act of violence in an Iraqi classroom.
Young people absorb more than we might imagine, and they understand more than we may assume. When we examine what it looks like to love anyway, we often come up with complicated answers. But ask a kid in your life what it means to love anyway, and you might be surprised at the depth even simple responses bring to the conversation.
From 9/11 to January 6
After the Capitol Attack: A Way Forward
US Election: Voices From the Other Side of War
SPECIAL: Put Your Bodies On The Line
Unexpected Empathy: Finding Ourselves in Our Global Neighbors
After Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Will We Change?
When We Gather Again, Who Will We Be?
It Starts With a Meal: Healing All That's Tearing Us Apart
BONUS: Stay Home For Us
Off Book: Writing About War, Forgiveness, and The More Beautiful World (And Book Giveaways!)
Why Violence Is a Virus (We Can Stop the Spread)
On the Road With Preemptive Love (And You're Invited to Our New Tour!)
Looking for the Helpers During COVID-19
BREAKING: Coronavirus is Affecting Refugees—Here’s What We’re Doing
NEW: Listener Survey and Giveaway (And a Season 4 Spoiler!)
Iraq Crisis: When All You've Known is War
BREAKING: Assassinations in Iraq
INSIDE LOOK: Refugees Face Violence at US-Mexico Border
JUST IN: On the Ground in Syria (A Firsthand Look)
Crisis in NE Syria (And the Ceasefire That Wasn't)
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