# Children talk honestly about parents and growing up | The Human Thread : Young Minds Part - 3

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Podcast: [The Human Thread](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-thread-7102277)
Published: 2026-06-18T07:52:42+00:00
Episode link: https://listen.hubhopper.com/episode/children-talk-honestly-about-parents-and-growing-up-the-human-thread-young-minds-part-3/33017178
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## Resource

We often forget what it felt like to be a child. To trust completely. To ask questions without fear. To dream without limits. To believe that being kind matters. In Young Minds Conversation, we sat down with children and asked them about friendship, trust, safety, family, fear and the future. Their answers weren't polished. They were honest. One child said safety is being with people you can tell anything to. Another said success is becoming kind. Someone spoke about wanting adults to listen more. Someone else worried about people who don't have enough. And almost all of them spoke about family with a kind of certainty many adults spend years searching for. There was no pretending. No performance. No perfect answers. Just young minds trying to make sense of the world. And somewhere in their words was a reminder for all of us: Maybe wisdom isn't something we gain as we grow older. Maybe some of it is something we slowly forget. This conversation isn't really about children. It's about the human experience. New episode drops every Tuesday on YouTube and major audio streaming platforms Follow us for more: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehumanthread.podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thehumannthread Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehumanthread (Young Minds Conversation, The Human Thread 2026, Childhood Wisdom, Trust, Friendship, Safety, Family, Human Connection, Emotional Intelligence, Belonging, Mental Health, Parenting, Young Minds, Growing Up, Conversations That Matter, Ashna Kalra)

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