Doing Mister Rogers

What does supporting the black community mean for white people?  What does it mean for black people?  Learn how Mister Rogers and his friend Officer Clemmons (the Black Police Officer on the Show) give us an idea of one way to do it together.  How do each of us do our part for racial injustice?  How did Mister Rogers, how did François Clemmons (who plays that black office on the show)?  Learn how their quiet, yet powerful actions broke barriers and helped lay groundwork for true integration after the 60s.  François Clemmons ... who was he really?  Learn all about his life with Mister Rogers, and outside the show, and how he overcame so much, and made a life long friend of Mister R himself.  And forgiveness... how would you define it?  Find out how differently each of us think about it, what it means in our life, your life, and if it has a role or not in our racially divided country today. Support the show [https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/] (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Ever consider divorce from your spouse?  Ever been a kid of divorce?  Are you divorced yourself?  Most everyone fits into one of these categories, learn the impact it has on the kids involved, and how deciding to get a divorce or stay married may be the wrong thing to focus on when making sure kids are ok.  Do you ask your kids (or the kids on your life) questions in hard times?  Do you proactively inquire into what they are thinking or do you "talk" to them when you know something in their life is likely hard?  Learn the difference between these things and how you can be a more effective adult in the process.  Have someone selfish in your life that gets on your nerves?  How do you respond to them when they are behaving selfishly, talking that way?  Listen to the hard truths for us all about how we might be enabling these people in our lives and how they may perceive our behavior in return.  Is there someone in your life that repeatedly behave in a way you don't like?  How do you handle it, what do you do or say to let them know its not ok?  Find out how not speaking up can mean you are giving up your power to change things, instead unwittingly co-creating the very thing you hate. Support the show [https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/] (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Is it a good feeling to know your alive?  Do you look forward to doing it again tomorrow?  Mister Rogers does, and what he knows, might make us a little happier in our own lives.  Appreciating the moment, and learning from loss.  Who do you spend your time with?  Are they the people you genuinely feel good around, who leave you smiling and fulfilled?  Or are they just people to pass the time, something to do something with?  Or what about a "new" someone you are hoping will be something more?  Where you spend your time matters, hear about what mix of the above might work best for you.  What the heck do Masturbation and Graham crackers have in common?  A LOT.  Listen and you will be surprised, we promise.  And why do you dream?  Why do we have recurring dreams?  What are yours?  Learn why they may be important and what they may be telling you. Support the show [https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/]

When you think about talking to your friend or your significant other, do you enter the conversation wondering what they might have to say, or want to talk about?  Or do you enter it with what you want to talk about in mind?  Most of us do the latter.  But find out how starting conversations with curiosity could change your perspective on everything.  How do you talk to yourself when you feel down or make a mistake?  Do you call yourself names or berate yourself?  You probably wouldn't say the same things to a friend how is feeling down, so why do we say it to ourselves... learn how treating yourself like a friend could change your whole attitude.  Why do you get angry?  When is the last time?  Some experts say anger is simply a signal that something needs to change, to be addressed.  Find out confrontation can actually be a good thing, and maybe anger is our first sign.  And do you calmly maintain boundaries with the people in your life that you love?  Most of us don't.  Find out how many negative feelings can be traced back to our boundaries being crossed, and how much control we have around how that happens. Support the show [https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/] (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

How should we approach trying to create change?  Should we speak up for what we believe, and how?  How courage can show itself in many forms, and how change and standing up for what you believe can be accomplished in surprising ways.  How different do you feel from your neighbor, what about the guy on social media you "hate"?  Find out what you may have in common, and how it might make you feel when you see it.  Are you smarter now than you were in your teens?  What about in your 20s?  Are you smarter than you older parent or relatives?  Each stage of life brings something different, its own kind of wisdom.  Learn what you might have gained, how you have grown, and what you still have to look forward to, it could change your whole perspective on growing old.  And discover how much you're growing even as an adult, hear an interesting way to visualize that growth and look back on it. Support the show [https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/] (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)