72-Year-Olds Admit Their Parenting Mistakes

About this episode

Sym Blanchard and Joan Chan reflect on their parenting experiences and mistakes as they share insights from their lives.

Sym Blanchard & Joan Chan discuss the ups and downs of their parenting journey. They are both around 72 years old. Each had a boy and a girl with their exes. Watch the video of this podcast ! They candidly share their mistakes and how things turned out decades later. Timeline 00:00 Two parents made 4 children 02:00 Sym’s daughter 04:20 Teenagers 06:00 Cultural difference 09:00 Change after 40 16:20 Sym’s mistakes 21:50 Kids having kids What do you think? Put your thoughts in the comments. Connect Send me an anonymous voicemail at SpeakPipe.com/FTapon You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my Substack newsletter . If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! On social media, my username is always FTapon . Connect with me on: * YouTube * Facebook * Instagram * X * TikTok * LinkedIn Sponsors 1. My Patrons sponsored this show! Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron for as little as $2/month at https://Patreon.com/FTapon 2. For the best travel credit card, get one of the Chase Sapphire cards and get 75-100k bonus miles ! 3. Get $5 when you sign up for Roamless , my favorite global eSIM with its unlimited hotspot & data that never expires! Use code LR32K 4. Or…

People in this episode

Host: Francis Tapon

Guests: Sym Blanchard, Joan Chan

Topics covered

• parenting
• mistakes
• cultural differences
• family
• life lessons

Keywords

• parenting mistakes
• cultural differences
• family dynamics
• life lessons
• aging

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