# I Told My Son to Go Talk to Strangers Alone | 163 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569/i-told-my-son-to-go-talk-to-strangers-alone-163 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569/i-told-my-son-to-go-talk-to-strangers-alone-163.md Podcast: [Homeschool Success with Kami Wanous](https://stenobird.com/podcast/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569) Published: 2026-09-25T01:26:41+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kami-wanous/episodes/I-Told-My-Son-to-Go-Talk-to-Strangers-Alone--163-e3pbv15 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/103b5d9bc/podcast/play/126269925/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-25%2F432615886-44100-2-a0d55de0eb8b3.m4a Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569/episodes/i-told-my-son-to-go-talk-to-strangers-alone-163 Duration seconds: 1213 ## Resource What happens when your kid is the only one in a room of 55 entrepreneurs? My son Kenyon found out at Sell From Stage Academy Live with Colin Boyd, a three day event I attended alongside him. In this episode: The idea Kenyon had about AI alignment, and the nudge to go tell someone who could actually help him build it What happened when I told him to go find a stranger and walked away What mentoring looks like in a room built for adults, not kids What it means to surround a lifelong learner with people and momentum that pull them forward instead of holding them back This is a picture of what happens when the environment does the teaching, not the lesson plan. Quick Q&A from this episode: What was the Sell From Stage Live event Kenyon attended? A three day event led by Colin Boyd, Kami's own business coach, bringing together 55 entrepreneurs and business owners, with Kenyon as the only teenager there. What idea did Kenyon come up with during the event? The idea of building his own company focused on AI safety and alignment work that other companies could outsource to him. What did Kami do when Kenyon got nervous about sharing his story with a stranger? She told him to go find someone to share it with, then walked away without checking on him, letting the room do the rest. What happened when Kenyon raised his hand in a room full of adults? When Colin asked what people had learned from an activity, Kenyon spoke up and shared his own insight in front of the whole room, unprompted. Why does Kami say this experience worked? Because of years of building a love of learning and confidence at home first. The event reinforced it. It didn't create it from nothing. Find out how to build this kind of environment for your own kids at the Inspiring Lifelong Learning Academy: https:/… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569/episodes/i-told-my-son-to-go-talk-to-strangers-alone-163/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/homeschool-success-with-kami-wanous-6589569/i-told-my-son-to-go-talk-to-strangers-alone-163.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.