Soul To Soul / Raising A Family

The Impact Of Changing Family Values

Ann is joined by Lesley in this soul-to-soul discussion, focussing on changing family values in our modern world. Explore the difference between raising a family in the past versus the present and the benefits of nurturing a child within a multi-generational community.

If you are interested in hearing the insights shared at a particular point in the video, please skip ahead to the times below:

00:38 - Lesley discusses the difference between bringing up children in the past versus today

03:12 - Ann's thoughts on the lack of age mixing within a child's upbringing today

04:00 - The responsibilities children had in the past versus now

05:47 - Lesley reflects on the good and bad times in her life and why she wouldn't change them

06:47 - Lesley celebrates 50 years of marriage

07:40 - Are marriages later in life meaning partners miss out on growing together?

09:09 - Ann describes why she enjoyed being a young mother

10:50 - The benefits of multi-generational living

12:50 - Placing childcare onto institutions, rather than on each other

14:13 - 'Stress' and 'depression', a new language in the modern world

Special thanks go to Lesley for sharing her knowing in this soul-to-soul discussion.