S2 EP 7: But Do They Feel Safe?

What does it really mean for a child to feel safe?

We often think about safety in terms of what we can provide externally—locked doors, rules, supervision, protection. But in this conversation, we explore a different kind of safety: the kind we feel inside our own bodies.

We talk about how school expectations, testing, participation, and pressure to conform can affect children in ways we may not always see—and what becomes possible when we begin honoring human differences rather than asking every child to learn, communicate, and show up in the same way.

Most of all, we come back to something simple: paying attention to what children are showing us, getting curious about what may be happening beneath the surface, and believing them when they tell us something doesn’t feel okay.