Resilience, Embarrassment & Raising Confident Teens - A Ski Trip That Became a Life Lesson

Bill took his son Jameson skiing for the first time this week. In his head it was a sunny Disney movie, fresh snow, father and son carving down the mountain together. In reality it was a snowboarding lesson with a bunch of nine year olds, a wipeout on a magic carpet designed for five year olds, a few "I hate you dads," and one very frustrated six foot fifteen year old who kept quitting and kept coming back anyway. And honestly? One of the best days he's had in a long time.

Bill and Danny get into what embarrassment actually does to a teenager versus what it does to you at 45 or 55 0r 70. Why protecting your kids from every uncomfortable moment might actually be robbing them of confidence. And why adulthood is really just getting really good at negotiating with yourself. "I'll start Monday." "I don't need the instructions." "Just one more." We lie to ourselves more than we lie to anybody else and there's a reason for that.

They also get into the avalanche tragedy out in Tahoe, a privilege walk Bill did at Fisher that really stuck with him, and a story about getting thrown in the back of a cop car when he was young that he hasn't told in a while. Oh and yes, the colonoscopy prep. It's been a week. But they got there. Good stuff.

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