Generation What

By: Doug Kaufman and Janene Pack
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  • Summary

  • Insights on young adult and teen communication trends and what parents and teens are struggling with the most.
    2022
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Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Episode 11- Transitions are not Comfortable!

    Episode 11- Transitions are not Comfortable!
    Sep 26 2022
    • Every week 'Generation What' talks about how to address common mental health struggles and the disconnect between the older and younger generations and how it affects relationships between teens and parents, young adults and their professors and bosses, friendships, self-esteem, and more.  This podcast gives insight and concrete takeaways on how to better manage mental health and how we can improve ourselves individually, come together and better understand one another.
    • In this episode Doug and Janene discuss how transitions affect our life.  They further explain transitions are natural, but also can be self- selected if we are looking to make a change in our life or pursue a new opportunity.  Doug and Janene point out how our fears, avoidance of being challenged, and mischaracterizing ourselves can cause us to feel out of control and even miss out on new experiences where we can increase our knowledge and resilience to leave our mark on the world.

     

    • 1:01- Introduction of subject and the focus of the podcast- normal life transitions, self- imposed life transitions, all transitions for teens, young adults, and adults.

     

    • 2:09- Doug discusses his personal experience transitioning to a new job and in some ways a new career, and the anxieties that interferred.

     

    • 3:31- Imposter Syndrome- how shows up in kids, teens, young adults, and adults.  How imposter syndrome comes from a place of doubting our own success.

     

    • 6:00- Doug talks about how imposter syndrome shows up in his son Liam, age 11, when he is challenged in advanced classes.

     

    • 7:49- How overfunctioning ( spending too much time pursuing "perfect" or "best") wastes time and leads to mental, emotional, and even physical burnout.

     

    • 10:39-The art of striving for "good enough" in all areas of our life.  Changing your mindset to not just being ok with being challenged, but actually craving and seeking it out.  

     

    • 14:50-Doug talks about his most memorable class in college- an Honors Biology class and although challenging, what he learned and why it was a memorable class.

     

    • 18:34- Figure out the WHY of what you are doing and WHY you are transitioning.  Focus on the deeper meaning and life lessons for what you are doing.

     

    • 21:29- Seek to disrupt the status quo- this is when we seek to challenge ourselves and others around us to create change that can benefit ourselves and society. 

     

    • 24:22- The focus should not be on how smart we are, but instead how we can be creative, think outside of the box, problem solve and produce new ideas.

     

    • 27:20- Do not get stuck on one identity.  There are multiple identities we can identify with and make sure you are incorporating your "loves" into your identities.

     

    • 31:00- Do not let your doubts or fears be the main reason you avoid and or reject new opportunities, there are many different ways you can be successful!
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    33 mins
  • Episode 10: From Teen to Functional Adult

    Episode 10: From Teen to Functional Adult
    Jun 26 2022
    • Every week 'Generation What' talks about how to address common mental health struggles and the disconnect between the older and younger generations and how it affects relationships between teens and parents, young adults and their professors and bosses, friendships, self-esteem, and more.  This podcast gives insight and concrete takeaways on how to better manage mental health and how we can improve ourselves individually, come together and better understand one another.

     

    • In this episode Doug and Janene interview Soren Pack who recently started college and talks about his experience finishing high school during COVID and some of the habits and skills practiced that have helped him transition to an independent adult.  Concepts such as hard work, resilience, independence and mindset will be processed with Soren.  He discusses real life experiences that can help any teen start visualizing how they can achieve the kind of young adult independent lifestyle that can lead to success.

     

    • 1:01- Introduction of the guest, Soren Pack and the focus of the podcast- transitioning from teen to young adult.

     

    • 3:46- Soren discusses trends like COVID that disrupted teen development mentally and emotionally along with skill building.

     

    • 7:49- Skills needed such as self motivation that helped in Soren's transition from a teen living at home, to being an independent young adult living on a college campus.

     

    • 11:00- Soren talks about how skill building started with small goals like working out.

     

    • 14:00- Talked about cultivating the habit of doing things that you don't want to do, but are good for you especially when you don't feel like it and when self motivation is low.

     

    • 17:00-Talked about parenting do's and don'ts from Soren's perspective as far as what kind of parenting techniques helped Soren gain skills that set him up for success as a young adult.

     

    • 21:30-Talked about giving space to teens so they can start monitoring themselves and how to help them analyze what is going right and what is going wrong and how the teen should be a part of the solution.

     

    • 25:00- Discussed a work place survey where employers identified soft skills such as hard work, resilience, following a schedule, follow-through, self-advocacy, and  working as a team as core skills that are needed for success in the work place.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
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    30 mins
  • Episode 9- Relationships Part 2- Core Concepts to repair Parent and Teen Relationships

    Episode 9- Relationships Part 2- Core Concepts to repair Parent and Teen Relationships
    Jun 3 2022
    Every week 'Generation What' talks about how to address common mental health struggles and the disconnect between the older and younger generations and how it affects relationships between teens and parents, young adults and their professors and bosses, friendships, self-esteem, and more.  This podcast gives insight and concrete takeaways on how to better manage mental health and how we can improve ourselves individually, come together and better understand one another.
    • In this episode Doug and Janene continue interviewing Michael Pack and they all focus on the common traps that can erode relationships, how to recognize them and what skills to build in order to better understand and connect with loved ones.  Some of these common traps are 1- self- deception 2-treating people like objects 3- and entering into a collusion cycle.
             The above relationship dynamics are explained through relatable experiences and how to combat these traps by building new habits that strengthen relationships.  
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    32 mins

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