Raising "Outdoor" Kids, and Beating Toxic Achievement Culture, w/ Steven Rinella & Jennifer Wallace

[@lisafazio3437]

My husband and I raised 3 boys, and they were always outside playing with friends. Our house always had at least 6-10 kids in the yard. We would go camping and let them invite a friend along because their parents didn't do anything with them. We taught our kids to cook, fix minor issues with a car, and build things with their own hands. All things they need to learn to be self-sufficient as adults. We didn't coddle them, and they respected us for it. We always had dinner at 6, and conversations were filled with what happened in their day. We are so proud of each of them, they are hard working respectful grown men.

[@curtisjohns5855]

I didn’t have any of those things. I had to teach myself, mostly as an adult. My parents were always busy working. That’s why I have a hard working nature. Because, I wasn’t shown any of what a child should know. I’m proud of myself & what I do know, because that’s made me a kind & loving man! Thank you for building up responsible men! Some of us don’t have parents that can take time to grow up with their children.

[@OrhanBaki-oo5tc]

Many congratulations, it is a great success that must be respected very high, it is not easy nowadays to be healthy parents. I wish good luck and happiness. Orhan Baki, Şenlikköy-Florya/Istanbul-Turkey.

[@Esty42]

Such an AWESOME show, Megyn!! I grew up near a big city and did play outside in creeks and the woods but was more of a city girl. My parents were not part of the “outdoorsey” world. It wasn’t until I married an outdoorsman and my son grew up in a small town filled with woods, animals, mud holes, insects, fishing, hunting…you name it, that I realized how much living this is REAL living. I’m so glad I raised him in this environment as he turned out very well-rounded and knows so much about nature and living in it. He stayed out of trouble and he and his friends have great memories of 4 wheeling, campfires, swimming/boating in lakes, how to raise cattle, and so much more. I’m so happy you had this show and hopefully more people will learn how to get their kids outside and make it True Family Time❤️🙏

[@stormystrikes]

My son was at my hip until the summer between 8th grade and 9th grade. Now, it's hard to get a hug without him saying, "Mom it's weird!" My daughter is 19 and well, she and I are so much alike, a different form of tension hit around 12! However, when we are together, it's a zero phone zone at dinner and for 30 minutes of actual focused, engaged conversation with one another. I began this and saw a huge difference. My daughter now calls and asks to "hang out" at HER apartment (huge for a young lady, in college, wanting mom over in her own space) and my son surprised me with an early morning fishing trip he arranged last weekend before school started! Just put up the phones, engage, and they open up and the family comes back together!

[@requiemheidireprisal7824]

Why do they even need a phone? Do you remember the 80's? Kids have been able to live and make it without a phone? I don't even get why do parents give them a phone? School staff and teachers have phones.

[@curtisjohns5855]

I call my mom daily. She doesn’t like me or want me to come over. Unless it’s Sunday, when we go to Church together. Don’t take for granted, what you & your children have. Some of us go through hell, especially, men! Sometimes we bring it on ourselves!

[@stormystrikes]

@@curtisjohns5855 I wasn't taking it for granted! I appreciate and love the time with my kids. It use to be faces in their screens and not hear eachother

[@pellenyberg]

We kids from the 70s, how often did we played outside, Eee like all the times! Was in the woods and created a bow and arrows. trick skiing downhills in the winters. This is just a handpick, but we was wild in a good way. Nice times. Regards from North Sweden.

[@derekilopan]

Same minus the trick skiing, but as a kid growing up in California and Upstate NY, add sledding and BMX riding and making black powder fireworks and so many other things.

[@pellenyberg]

@@Usernameblahblahnblah I really loved my youth. My parents was nice, hard but fair. Do your school homework, give 100% at the hockey practice, help in the houshold and dont ever use bad languitsh And you have your new snowmobile//motorbike. Thats how it usualy was. Lived in a nice naborhood in North Sweden, i had a blast. Sorry my bad typing.

[@OrhanBaki-oo5tc]

Many, many thanks, Mrs. Megyn Kelly, I can go a little bit forwards by your every great video, to improve my English knowledge. I am a self-learner at home, I began to learn English at home from zero point. I wish, to come in the USA and to make English courses for six months. Orhan Baki, a Megyn Kelly phan from Şenlikköy-Florya/Istanbul-Türkiye.

[@timn1305]

My friend spoils the heck out of his teen kids. I asked him why to make it so easy for them? He said that didn't want them work as hard as he did. I said would you be as successful if you had it easy. After a moment of thinking. The look on his face said no.

[@veronicamart74]

I was a career counselor for over 20 years and even now after retirement, I say forget college. Trades should be looked at.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

So true. We have so many pointless universities offering equally pointless courses for kids who should not be at university. Remember when if you couldn't get into STEM you didn't go to university? This proliferation of universities all over the West is just pandering to parents' aspirations for their children.

[@toothgrinder2760]

I couldn’t believe my eyes the other day. My elderly father watched mainstream media, and they actually had a segment n trade schools. I’m my opinion, college should be limited to the STEM fields, medical fields, Law, or anything that requires _deep_ knowledge of the subject. Other than that, the majority of people don’t need a college education. Regarding learning- a majority of boys and men do much better with a hands on approach to learning like an apprenticeship with on the job training such as welding, metal work, electricians, plumbing, carpentry etc. For decades academics, and the govt have turned their noses up at the trades, and in turn, a lot of people look down upon them as well. We’ve been conditioned by these scam artists in the US educational system and student aid loan programs that the only way to make a living is by going to college. Kids should be taught about the trades early, at least by middle school, and there should be electives that they can take to learn the trades I listed above. The US is _severely_ lacking tradesmen, and you can make a damn good living as highly skilled laborers are desperately needed.

[@Chertoff88]

Rinella is the best

[@jasonbeisel6681]

Rinella was great! Glad you had him on.

[@russtietje294]

My dad grew up on a farm & hunting- but he became a combat marine in the Korean War- he wouldn’t hunt again. I convinced him to hunt with me when he was 70! When the time came to shoot an elk- he told me he came to spend time with me- not kill anything.

[@GFStodtmeister]

I'm seventy one. My father was a veterinarian and a hunter. As his children we grew up helping him at the animal hospital, or on large animal calls to farms, or hunting large game or game birds. We would share our hunted bounty with the Paiute Indians who lived in Sparks, Nevada. Every Monday it was my job to drive to were they lived and share our bounty. They would be waiting for me with baskets to haul our game home in. Dad was also the chosen Vet for the Nevada Fish & Game. We tended to ever kind of wild animal one could be expose to. My mother raised several Bobcats from kittens that were returned to the wild. Every weekend we were outdoors with out parents. Every weekday, after school, we would head out hiking in the desert valley behind our house where we caught all kinds of lizards, frogs, tadpoles, horny toads, snakes, rabbets, etc. that we would take home and build cages for. We were taught how to handle ourselves in the great outdoors in all kinds of weather and geography. All children should have similar opportunities in my opinion. City life sounds so boring!

[@foxtrotjulietbravo5536]

I was born and reared on a cattle ranch. Feel that freedom after you get your chores done! We also built up quite the collection of crawdads!

[@msnell326]

City life not boring. Museums, symphony, live theater, major or minor league sports. We also experienced outdoor activities: camping, activities in our local parks, sledding and ice skating , outdoor sports, swimming in Lake Erie. Everyone has their favorite memories.

[@gabrielomondi4630]

Go to the future with your kid...visualize them as a great success in life say at 50 yrs...then walk them backwards and show them failures and successes they go through as they get older...showing them that despite the challenges and pressures they went through, they still became a success. This is to make them realize that life is long and eventful and that one or two setbacks or events never define the future of someone..this will make them relax and enjoy the ride that is life

[@jennief7114]

It cracks me up that someone has to write a book about making your kids go outside!

[@requiemheidireprisal7824]

Yeah, that's how f-up things are.

[@Bebold94]

Right!

[@mikeymclucky]

It's not funny at all. This generation is doomed

[@pellenyberg]

Fathers has to learn them how make a fire, how to fish and hunt. Crosscountry skiing, snowmobiling. thats fathers stuff, that my father teached me when i was a kid in the 1970s. Regards from Sweden.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

We have two generations of kids who are proof that parents have lost the ability to parent correctly. Gen Y and Z are the outcome of poor parenting.

[@Jilly-Kerry-2Mullens]

I started hunting at 5. We had 5 kids that needed fed. My folks taught me to hunt, clean process and cook game. I also taught my daughter and son at 4 and 6. We learn what's dangerous as well. It's a way better source of food raising your own and hunting.

[@thehomegirl9043]

To ensure my children always kissed and hugged hello and said goodbye was to say, "we're Latin, we hug and kiss no matter what. We show affection, so get used to it! And if a kid tries to make fun of you, let them know the same." It worked. And they're incredibly proud to be Latin American.

[@DianaF74]

While I agree there's much benefit to be gained by being outside, the option of being inside is not only electronics. My kids play indoors with so many things and are entertained for hours with Legos, Playmobil, cardboard, crafts, painting, piano/violin, baking, cooking, dress up, pretend play, etc. There's an alterative for those times when outside doesn't work for us city folk!

[@curtisjohns5855]

That sounds good & safe game plan. But, what have they really learned. The important thing is to teach them how to be self sufficient. You’re not going to be around later in life. It’s not important to teach them how to make money! Take time off & travel with your family. The country can be just as beautiful & important as the city!

[@bon2062]

Growing up, I would climb trees and fall with 10 stitches,next day I would be climbing again with no fear. As adult I became competitive in sales, I had no fear prospecting deals and I don’t get affected if rejected, I go to the next deals. I think I owe it to how I grew up

[@VickiMcKee-k1r]

It was the same for me. NEVER tell Dad you had nothing to do. He’d always find you something to do, and it was always some kind of chore that was never fun. You learned to find your own entertainment.

[@billyhupp3485]

I grew up in western Nebraska on a cattle ranch camping, hunting, fishing and living outdoors. I totally identify with and agree with Mr. Rinella. Such a refreshing and sane real man.

[@foxtrotjulietbravo5536]

I grew up on a cattle ranch as well. My husband really appreciates my ability to build a fire and cook three meals a day over an open fire.

[@KayCeeTX21]

Oh Megyn I deeply love that you know the dialogue of A Few Good Men. It’s just the BEST!!!! 😂

[@tansysmith5126]

Every time I took my children anywhere I always asked them what have you packed.... The answer was our manners....

[@estil333333]

It's crazy how these parents don't make their kids play outside. I had to be out of the house right after breakfast and back in the yard when the streets lights came on.

[@nancykasten7615]

Because now days the parents would have to be out there with them and they don't want to

[@phylissbrassey8431]

Many of us were raised that way. And we developed lots of fun things to do. It was another time and we felt completely safe

[@debgrieco2672]

Our parents didn't have to be concerned about us getting nabbed and put into sex slavery or just one time raped and killed. I do think kids need to be encouraged to be outside, but a lot more adult supervision is required, unfortunately.

[@foxtrotjulietbravo5536]

My husband and I are always talking about being free range children. It was such great fun!

[@just-a-generic-username]

@@debgrieco2672 yes they did. There just wasn't the same media coverage or internet to share the stories.

[@bre_me]

I am now 27 and have never had any issue with my parents showing me affection in public, in front of friends, in private, anywhere. That was never a phase for me. I am the same way. I know when I have kids I will be the exact same way with them.

[@annkennedy7422]

Elementary children are having problems with math.. one solution to the problem is the following: when a parent brings a child to the store use cash. Let the child pay for the items with cash and get the change and count it out. All the worksheets and computer games about counting and subtracting and adding do not have much relevance. Once they learn the value of the numbers and values and cash, the rest can make sense. But a child sees a parent issues a digital card it means nothing. That wasn't that long ago that you could send it 8 or 10 year old child to a store with a short list of groceries and cash and they learned very quickly the values of numbers. Make it real for them. Then when they have the handouts with the addition/subtraction, it makes sense. My ideas are based on being a former k-12 certified teacher and parent. A good place to start is a dollar store because the amounts are low.

[@aaronbecherer7966]

My son is 12 none of the kids around us play outside. We fight with him to go outside and ride his bike. I feel bad for him because i had friends to hang out with. We do hunt as a family. My husband has a deer lease and does listen to Meateater all the time

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

We now need a book to explain basic parenting. I'm GenX and my parents didn't need these laboured explanations, they just got on with being parents. I wonder what's gone wrong?

[@cathyjodiaz]

🎉Thank you for the Outdoors segment & the Never Enough segment!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥲👏👏👏🌟

[@julieo4580]

I couldn’t have kids so I can’t speak to raising kids but I can say that we were outside all day except for lunchtime. My dad put in an inground pool with…wait for it…grain bin metal and then styrofoam as the sides and then sand and the liner. I was in the pool from sun up until sundown. But we grew up in a tiny town of about 450 people and had plenty of room to run, bike, etc. We went on long bike rides on backroads to the Spoon River and we would play there and mom packed us pbj sandwiches for picnic. That’s unheard of in today’s world.

[@ronswansonsalterego8533]

One of my favorite things about Megyn's show is that she has on very different people whom I would likely not listen to otherwise; and it is not always politics. These two were great guests and gave varied insights into parenting. Interesting that both brought up that there are family activities that the kids don't get any say in. I suspect that Mrs. Wallace and her husband would align very little politically with me, but that doesn't mean I don't have anything to learn from them. Excellent content, Megyn. I will add Jennifer's book to my seemingly endless queue for my Kindle.

[@janicemoss5818]

I wasnt allowed to come home until the front porch light went on....me and my banana seat bicycle ruled

[@msnell326]

We also played outside until dark in the 50's and 60's. Not safe now.

[@SaviorCross]

Good interview with Jennifer Wallace...Though more blame as it relates to pressure (for lack of a better word) on the kids, not just the parents, it's why so many kids don't know what personable responsibility as they enter adulthood, especially when standards are being lowered in education and employment... My parents never told us we couldn't get into any top school; I and my siblings got into an Ivy; we're not black, nor Asian, nor Anglo, nor Latino...also, there's a reason that 35% of Asians drop out of community college, the pressure leading to burn out from the stress and expectations of their parents since birth...

[@tommytommy7825]

Megyn Rocks!!!

[@brianrappleye9078]

Most people can't relate to the fortunate family psychology thing. My parents barely got by and it's the same way for me.

[@TaraConti]

Exactly!

[@msnell326]

Living in Phoenix Arizona don't go outside June through September unless you're in a swimming pool.🔥

[@mikeymclucky]

Its very scary. My son has no sense of direction at all in our town because his head is ALWAYS down looking at his phone. So when it came time for him to learn to drive he had no idea how to get to anywhere in our town!

[@paranoid_redneck]

Affection: As a father of 4 kids (3 girls 1 boy) I wanted to ensure, at the earliest age, that each of my kids had and physically felt my affection. One thing that I implemented that I still do with my kids, (my oldest is 25 and has 3 kids of her own now) is personalized handshakes. I have "secret" handshakes that I made up along with each kid, and we did those every night before I put them to bed. Their whole lives, they have had at least 1 physical interaction with their father and they still want to do this. I think that it has made a big impact on them. Interestingly, some of their friends over the years have asked me to make up handshakes for them too, which is both satisfying and heartbreaking at the same time.

[@Florida_Woman]

Steve is such a great person. I found him many years ago in the early days of Joe Rogan’s podcast. He inspired me to get my first hunting rifle and I learned a lot from his hunting show. I raised my son to be “outside” and ironically, he convinced me to delete my social media a couple years ago. I’m really grateful. I don’t think people realize how destructive and depressing social media is to everyone ( not just kids). As a family, none of us are involved in it anymore and it’s total liberation!!

[@JamesChidester-jt9ln]

You and Steven need to do another one. That was awesome!!

[@erinjaa6653]

I chose to homeschool. Loads of time outside, exploring and learning from nature every day, and no pressure to outperform anyone.

[@lherz13]

Steve seems like a solid human. @17:07 LOVE this part where he talks about raising his kids to NOT think in black and white terms...two things can exist within a person at once, and that does not mean they are contradicting. This is LIFE--more people need to recognize that and implement in their parenting. Also loved when he talked about importance of supporting farmers and ranchers. The government does NOT want this to have this freedom/independence from them. Great interview, Megyn!

[@curtisjohns5855]

I’m from Va. & my governor has declared that we don’t sell farmland to foreigners, especially, China! I don’t blame him. China owns a 1/3 of our farms now. They’re cutting out our farmers livelihood. They have the nerve to send their livestock back to their homeland & sell it for cheap. But, they sell it here at triple the price. They’re monopolising the agricultural market.

[@uteanderer8358]

What a great program by Megyn again! I am really impressed by the wide variety of themes she discusses! Thank you for this! 🥰

[@Coronet_1969_]

Megyn is so smart.....she mostly focuses on the US political scene but also mixes it up with different type of guests making a great recipe for listeners to learn and evolve.

[@TeresaRice-u7m]

Rural kids are taught respect for firearms

[@toothgrinder2760]

100% they are. There was an article a few years ago (the author was an anti-2A advocate) who freaked out because a rural school had a firearms training course. They incessantly complain about chiIdhood firearm accidents, and while they wish the govt would tear up the constitution to confiscate every firearm from every law abiding American, they don’t understand that it’s a _good_ thing to teach kids about firearm safety. The only way accidental de@ths can be avoided is if every firearm owner & their kids take training courses. Cause 2A ain’t going away, and it never will.

[@barbarastrang9277]

Chuckling over the bear. Spent 5 months on Kodiak. Carried bear spray on every hike and climb. During our last week, I found out that you should practice drawing your can of spray and aiming. Not only that but, you should practice tripping and falling then drawing your spray.

[@j.p.downin8622]

I was in an elementary school this afternoon where kids were shooting compound bows and arrows. I thought nothing of it except we never got to do that in school.

[@caymansalesperson8381]

I am gen X and we did the whole camping thing every summer. It was great, and it was awful at the same time. As an adult I would never go camping, so my children have never experienced the joy of being eaten alive by mosquitoes, whilst not having a proper bathroom.

[@msnell326]

Haha! I (a baby boomer) remember the camping trips. Our family did it to save money on hotels and restaurants. Really enjoyed it but remember the mosquitos and outhouses.😂

[@SuperGrids]

Steve was golden ....BTW Love you meg

[@beckymaus8980]

absolutely fabulous topic and reporting. I am hooked on your shows, Megyn 👍🏻👏😊

[@kerribowser6495]

We raised our daughter outside on a cattle ranch. Work was our fun. That is her lifestyle. My husband's son chose not to spend time with us at the age of 13. The most difficult thing is to teach these lessons to an adult, who wants to be different, that was raised a different way.

[@LoveandButter]

In 2008, we took our 3rd grader from Fl where we couldn't get a play date for all the over-scheduling of kids, was going on, where everyone by then had a cell phone, and moved to a cloud forest in the mountains of the Republic of Panama. Our son didn't have an X-box, Playstation or computer. He wore a uniform to school, played outdoors every day, and even though he never saw a soccer field there, when back in the US for 11th grade, he got on the varsity soccer team because he'd played in the rough and tumble streets. He is bilingual, bicultural and most important of all, he knows how to look you in the eye as he shakes your hand.

[@profeh3346]

Retired high school Spanish teacher - college prep course. My chief complaint about parents was that they were so crazy concerned about GPA without ever considering what the kids were learning. I emphasized that education should give you knowledge about yourself - strengths, weaknesses, interests and problem solving. In my class we often discussed setting goals and evaluating performance on activities, test scores - if a goal was missed what can we do differently next time, etc. I did this type of activities because parents weren’t. Emphasis on achievement over learning something of value is crap; we do this to our little kids as well - we are not allowing them to develop love of learning or intrinsic value of learning or skills - ie reading! Kids will excel at what they value.

[@curtisjohns5855]

Learning starts at home. The 1st thing any child or adult should be taught or shown is love. It’s ok to have skills in education, but, parents aren’t educated enough for preparing their children for advancement in the world. Most parents enjoy passing the buck, if you know what I mean?!

[@profeh3346]

I totally agree that we should be sending the message of love even more emphatically - all kids get from school is the pressure to test well. All teachers get is the pressure to have high test scores. Have you ever heard Dennis Prager discuss that he told his kids he didn't care about their grades at all? That he told them to have good character and discussed that in detail daily. @@curtisjohns5855

[@eleanormaxwell721]

My baby sister in New Zealand at one point had 4 children under the age of 4 of course that included a twin. Her children who have to read a book every fortnight, are only allowed two hours a day on their tablet. Her and her husband always take their breaks at the same time and go camping and walking in the wilderness. Her eldest is 15, then 13 and the twins 11. Those children are thriving and have excellent marks accidemically.

[@michelegamble9557]

I grew up on the water. I remember digging for worms, and fishing off are Pier. Then using the fish by time them string bring over the side of our just waiting to scoop up the crabs. This is when you got large crabs off your Pier. Remember playing with eels. Good times

[@rebeccagriswold282]

Jennifer Wallace is great.

[@sortathesame8701]

My mother was a ‘go outside and play, person. Once when I had bad craps and wanted to stay in bed. Mom said, “don’t worry honey, take some Midol, then you can have cramps outside just as easily as you can in bed”! Out I went and my cramps went away fairly quickly as I got caught up in playing with friends.

[@lucysnowe31]

What a great interview with Steve Rinella. I was fascinated!

[@lisaa9346]

That’s why we loved homeschooling - 2 of 3 all the until high school for competitive sports. But so much more time to get out and explore and have interest directed learning. 1 received full ride athlete scholarship for college, the other who homeschooled through high school worked at Starbucks since age 16, he went to junior college for 2 years and now Starbucks is paying for his tuition at ASU. My 3rd son is a high school junior- he is working to get an athletic scholarship but if not he is fine going to a JC for two years. He also has a fairly successful ebay seller business that he manages. He is not wasting time taking every AP class and SAT prep. Oh speaking of nature- the entire neighborhood comes to our house to get my boys when there’s a snake in their yard or pool. They were raised outdoors and love all the critters. They also go out and surf, fish and spearfish. Then they come home and prepare and cook their catch. while i know homeschooling isn’t for everyone- they just had soooo much more time for being a kid and learning real life skills.

[@kimjohnson8471]

That Burning bagel principle is awesome

[@theresacoffman8133]

His children are blessed to have him as a dad

[@novacancy7253]

Jennifer is by far the best part of this episode, one the best parenting advise of the whole show, (right by the episodes that talks about how to deal with the trans ideology) thank you Jennifer! I need these reminders

[@curtisjohns5855]

The only way to deal with this trans stuff is, teach them how to read, comprehend what they read, open their minds by opening yours & then let a pastor teach both you & your children the Word!

[@ronascott8843]

I thought that every one was now familiar with EQ, emotional intelligence which leads to great success more than I Q. More than anything a child needs self confidence and to feel good about themselves. You just mentioned EQ after wrote it. RONA

[@ladyelainefairchild3546]

Soy consumption has displaced a lot of cattle ranching in South America and it has been devastating to the poor especially indigenous people. Unlike cattle ranching, soy uses every last possible inch of land and is mostly automated farming. So thanks to the vegans and eco warriors increasing soy consumption over meat, jobs were lost and indigenous people who used to live on ranch land in modest but safe shacks and grow vegetables and would be paid in cash plus less marketable meat by the ranch owners for helping during the manpower heavy season were forced off. The soy companies bought out the ranches and kicked the poor off the land so they lost their homes, gardens, and jobs and ended up having to live in tin squats on the outskirts of the cities where they now have hunger and abject poverty in countries that had poverty but not hunger previously. In addition other indigenous people relied on quinoa for their protein needs because they can’t afford other proteins, again came the first world market and drove up the prices of quinoa now for export and the food source for the indigenous disappeared.

[@Hope-LW]

Thank you. Vegans and vegetarians act like their diet has no negative impact on the planet or other people. And they really do not think through the consequences on the planet or other people of what they are trying to achieve.

[@cynthiahackett1956]

Oh how this segment reminded me of my childhood! No TV always chores outside.parents would feel the tubes. If hot we really got nailed !!!

[@chrispoeschl7564]

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[@kapeeshpoddar7976]

Man I am excited for this episode since steve renella is being interviewed. My favorite wildlife guy..

[@JaysonMcgaw]

Best guest you could’ve had on. Steve is the real deal. Look into remi warren, cam Haines,etc look at the inner circle of dudes that all have one common goal in mind

[@ellenmax2826]

Just to say that kids have academic achievements who also can enjoy a great deal of ‘ outdoor ‘ activities and plus, it depends how involved parents are and school system. This is not a topic to be tuned by politic views.

[@leahb.2209]

Amazing show!!

[@profeh3346]

What this discussion is missing is the pressure coming at the kids from teachers and school. I remember leaving college night feeling completely overwhelmed. My son survived high school without feeling that but no matter what I did with my daughter did not work - she heard a different message every day all day. Teachers and schools are pressured to have high pass rates and high number of high grades.

[@easyfiveOsink]

Megyn when your out at your place in Montana buy a Glock 20 in 10mm and a holster and when your out there learn it, practice with it. Get comfortable carrying it during outings. A 44 magnum is a better bear stopper, but the 10mm will give you more rounds with less recoil.

[@HeyJoeGFY]

She's tiny, I doubt she'd handle a 10mm, much less a 44 mag, or even a 357.

[@timothyneumann6586]

The hunting culture in America is different from that in Europe. I'm sure of that, but I don't know why because I don't know the specifics of European hunting regulations. Guns in the city are more difficult to own. The guns for hunting are more tightly controlled by the state, but I don't know how specifically. American cities are often comparing the Fish and Game Regulations to the inner city gang enforcement laws. That's why the nucleus of inner city people think that Red State flyover country doesn't really creditably exist in their world for good reason. They also want to overturn the US Constitution and represent from the urban centers how to get rid of the rural flyover areas.

[@magnetictheory]

Loved the Jack Nicholson quote from A Few Good Men. Megyn's such a movie buff lol

[@believer2734]

Looking at Proverbs 1: 8&9. God truly gives us instruction as parents. If parents would just follow God’s ways, our kids would thrive. I wish someone would preach on this scripture. Larry Elder really does preach the importance of this. When parents neglect to teach their children as they raise them up, they are guilty of handicapping that child for life. They become an adult who struggles through life trying to figure it out…Meanwhile, the rest of the world sees them as troublemakers….and don’t realize that many of these young people are sadly, just a product of their environment. Wake up parents. God gave us a responsibility to love & teach, guide, etc, our children. They are a gift. 🙏🏻

[@curtisjohns5855]

The only way I see kids being kids is, the parents have to take back the home. Take away virtual & video games. Push their kids outside. Teach them how to survive w/out them. Put Church & the military as part of their learning process. If China can do it, why not us?!

[@just-a-generic-username]

China is huge on tech, very low in religion, and kids generally aren't playing outside because they're inside studying.

[@curtisjohns5855]

@@just-a-generic-username China also disciplines their children harshly for playing games. No child should be subjected to punishment, because of their wanting to be happy & being a child. It’s not ok for them to sell us games & take away from their own children. They do it because, they know it’s useless & to keep us distracted from what’s really going on!

[@janicemoss5818]

try reading THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS....its a classic for both boys and girls

[@timothyneumann6586]

I encourage my hiking companions to just have a bit of polite chatter when we were afraid of predators. The predator who wants to avoid then will. However, the predators that will still approach are probably diseased animals who are desperate for food they otherwise won't catch. This was on 40 acres that had a vanishing buckskin pelt that was left hanging. We never saw the bear, but we heard about the vanishing pelt. How we behave there is based on when. We didn't go out to disturb the hunters that way during season.

[@timothyneumann6586]

I have never been east of western Ohio for any reason at all. I clipped of the northwest corner while driving, stopped at a gas station, got a magnet for the refrigerator, and said I was there, but I never did the Charles Kuralt or Huell Howser thing, which was to get out of the car and learn about it. Terribly insensitive of me. The most Jayson Blair of the state magnets I've purchased.

[@timothyneumann6586]

Don't confuse popcorn and popcorn chicken (so named metaphorically not by simile). You do need to strain with the rake snake rather carefully at times. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe says that once you take pains to do so, there is a way in which you continually shrink and disappear into the meaninglessness of words, and you are only visible among the few you would be visible to for the whole time you would be. A valuable life lesson.

[@TeresaRice-u7m]

Grew up in a big hunting family, but I couldn't pull the trigger.

[@nyfan9215]

Gratz Megan on your Sirius gig

[@GoRed624]

Hey Megyn, you getting more outdoorsy would make a fun Sat. side bar series 💞

[@sheiladaniels9552]

Growing up we always played outside, riding bikes miles to each other's houses. There was no obesity, not like today's kids. You don't see kids playing outside anymore.

[@ladyelainefairchild3546]

No Penn State’s dropout stats aren’t due to taking lower quality students. Penn State isn’t an example for a good lower ranked option but is a warning why researching actual not average class size and being a parent and saying no to a fun party school is important. For out of staters it costs as much as a smaller much better quality school elsewhere. It shoves as many kids in as possible and it’s a disgrace. Instead of hiring another professor or even a TA after the auditorium is full of hundreds of students they pipe in the lecture on a tv screen to an adjoining auditorium with hundreds more students. So those kids don’t even get a live teacher in the room, then there are so many students the exam has to be a multiple choice scantron instead of any thoughtful short answers or essays. It’s just greed because the cost of the tuition paid by just one of those seats would pay for an adjunct professor to teach a smaller class in person. So all those high risk kids it lets in are now at even higher risk of dropping out. Their excuse is they are intro classes, that’s no excuse. They hide it by averaging class size and teacher ratio for upper level students. Make sure to ask how many students are in intro classes and if teachers are in the room not remotely from next door.

[@HeadsUpShouldersBack]

Ok, Typhoidal Pneumonic Tuleremia....whew. "Rabbit fever" or Marketmans disease" damn near killed me, got it from cleaning 9 rabbits on New years day, 6 hours later I was on deaths door, 6 days later the Doctors figured it out etc etc.- THE POINT IS, yeah I'm a lifelong Michigan hunter trapper ,never underestimate a dead cottontail. So delicious though, its worth the risk.

[@andynicoll8566]

Talk about juxtaposition, Steven Rinella and Jennifer Wallace. Polar opposites, Rinella the authoritarian and Wallace living her child's life for them.

[@irishjestyr4937]

Megyn Kelly should go hunting with Steven Rinella and gang. That would be fantastic

[@tespy5028]

You should let Steven teach you how to hunt, Megyn. He taught Joe Rogan. ❤

[@SaviorCross]

That last part of the interview Jennifer Wallace, about investing in friendships outside the home was poignant...Will be picking up the book...

[@jimwerther]

Megyn's previous guest, at the end of the prior show, talked about how important it is to have religious connection and to give to charity. Immediately followed by someone talking about the importance of living outdoors. Really? I say the first message wins.

[@timothyneumann6586]

You have that charisma that has nothing to do with the biblical Greek notion of spiritual gifts. Many people who get the Corinthian and Galatian lists don't have much for a secular construction of what charisma is to the non-spiritual (not unspiritual, for a specific reason)! The secular lists don't get viewed as helpful, but they are still worth more than one would think in this world.

[@JohnDoe-ff2fc]

Don't pitch a tent in the front yard, you may be mistaken as an "unhoused"😋

[@rtrouthouse1506]

Wow...this guy is an intense personality....

[@JasonFreker-gd6ub]

Want your kid to be happy? Tell them to find something they love, advise them that often that thing won't make them rich,then teach them that having enough is ENOUGH. This dollar chasing rat race is leading to many early graves!!!!

[@timothyneumann6586]

I have a problem with any children from birth to 2 (they do too little to be fun, but I can be tender), from 5th grade to 8th grade (after school, they are burned out from all day at school; on Wednesday, they were expected to do the church night stuff after being busy at school). Two times of life children can be a bugbear to me. One tries to be A Man for All Seasons and have all the people say, "Yea, verily. Yea." but that is never healthy unless the person is already well adjusted and knows his invisibility cloak is kindness, decency, and what makes you invisible to the world that is unfamiliar with those things (in fact if not in principle).

[@markforbes1537]

One thing you didn’t talk about is we work so hard to get our kids into good colleges just for them to be indoctrinated in Marxist Wolk philosophy. There’s a lot of value in teaching your children trades and good old fashion hard work. There is a lot of satisfaction in building something with your own hands.

[@mancyank564]

The Ivy League universities are courting foreign students because they are charged more. This leaves even less places for U.S. students.

[@johnmarya6051]

Don't let your kids apply to any schools east of the "river". That's the Mississippi, for those of you who grew up on the wrong side, any where in the west is ok except of course California. but not ID, WY, or MT.

[@MohamedSamyAlRabbani]

Achievement is not toxic

[@rebeccagriswold282]

Most couples in relationships and/or marriages don’t touch one another. Hence the problem!

[@timothyneumann6586]

I do better with fish than with footed animals when it comes to the killer instinct.