{"podcast":{"title":"Parents With Questions","slug":"parents-with-questions-6853219","podcast_index_feed_id":6853219,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/aslTzWs9.rss","website_url":"https://parentswithquestions.riverside.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f5bf252a-47df-41b3-8379-c671724e7015/logos/fcf34d99-a3c5-4080-ad9a-fda394641162.png","author":"Parents With Questions","episode_count":48,"summary":"This is a podcast for thoughtful parents navigating a rapidly changing world. Hosted by Adam Gibson, the show explores the big questions shaping the future of our families — from children’s health and food systems, to financial resilience, digital privacy, education, and raising capable, independent kids. This isn’t about panic or outrage. It’s about curiosity, critical thinking, and learning how to build strong foundations at home. Through conversations with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, educators and independent thinkers, Parents With Questions helps families step back from the noise, think clearly, and make confident decisions for themselves and their children. Because the most important leadership in the world starts at the kitchen table.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T06:20:40.918991+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-with-questions-6853219"},"episode":{"title":"From fear to freedom: A psychologist’s take on our kids","slug":"from-fear-to-freedom-a-psychologist-s-take-on-our-kids","published_at":"2025-10-10T03:12:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-with-questions-6853219/from-fear-to-freedom-a-psychologist-s-take-on-our-kids","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-with-questions-6853219","url":"https://pwq.podbean.com/e/ros-nealon-cook/","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/43f71f48c52779d574f52c0cc3ea5baa03e4f914d53c6c1273b92d85f56afe0c/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI4ZjA1Yjk4MC02NmYxLTQ3Y2EtOTJiYS0wODg2MWY5ODEwMGMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmNWJmMjUyYS00N2RmLTQxYjMtODM3OS1jNjcxNzI0ZTcwMTUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2M2VjMWFlZWFkZjExOTQ3OWQyYzE2ZGYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9mNWJmMjUyYS00N2RmLTQxYjMtODM3OS1jNjcxNzI0ZTcwMTUvZXBpc29kZXMvOGYwNWI5ODAtNjZmMS00N2NhLTkyYmEtMDg4NjFmOTgxMDBjL1Jvc19OZWFsb25fQ29va19NYXN0ZXJfNjlzeDQubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"In this powerful conversation, Adam Gibson sits down with Ros Nealon-Cook, the first Australian psychologist to publicly speak out against the COVID narrative back in 2020–21. Ros shares her personal story of losing her psychology registration for doing what every parent instinctively knows is right—speaking up to protect children from harm. Together, Adam and Ros unpack what really went on behind the fear campaigns, lockdowns and professional gag orders that silenced so many voices of reason. Drawing on decades of psychological insight, Ros explains how fear literally hijacks the human brain, shutting down critical thinking and driving good people to conform with the herd. She breaks down the mechanics of group psychology, attachment to authority, and how governments used behavioural “nudge units” to manipulate the public into compliance. Most powerfully, she reveals how this collective trauma has affected our children—the so-called “COVID kindies”—and why so many kids today are struggling to regulate their emotions, focus, and trust the world around them. Adam and Ros move the discussion toward healing—starting with psycho-education for parents and kids. From her simple “Red Beast / White Rabbit” model for teaching self-regulation, to the deeper work of raising emotionally whole boys and rebuilding community outside captured systems, this episode is full of practical tools and profound hope. It’s a must-listen for any parent determined to raise resilient, critically-thinking kids in a post-COVID world. Links to resources mentioned in this episode: https://lighthousedeclaration.org/ https://zonesofregulation.com/ Interview with Dr John Campbell: https://youtu.be/4Iqa4CoMciU?si=JFqDdVVxaS_WCr5W Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ros.nealon.cook/?hl=en","meta_description":"In this powerful conversation, Adam Gibson sits down with Ros Nealon-Cook, the first Australian psychologist to publicly speak out against the COVID narra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/parents-with-questions-6853219/episodes/from-fear-to-freedom-a-psychologist-s-take-on-our-kids/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-with-questions-6853219/from-fear-to-freedom-a-psychologist-s-take-on-our-kids.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}