The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis
Aug 20, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
Send us Fan Mail A toddler who can’t tolerate socks. A child who goes quiet for hours at childcare, then suddenly finds their voice. A kid at a…
Sam PrimoranoGuest
Dana BaltutisHost
Do you think that's because in the new generation people are much more – I guess, accepting of
And, like, you know, an interesting comment that's always been made by my husband and, like, his best friend made that comment when Jonathan was at a party that Jonathan just knows how to, like, enjoy life.
like in terms of, like, he was at the party and then we were like, where's Jonathan? And he'd taken a juice box and he'd gone off.
you know, quiet space and was just enjoying like laying back, like looking up at the clouds and observing his surroundings, enjoying his juice box.
And he just as a like three, four-year-old just knew that's what he needed at that point in time.
And you know what's really interesting when you say these things is that someone else that wasn't so aware of what the child needs would say, stop being rude, come back in, come and talk, say hello.
Did you say hello? Did you give Auntie so-and-so a hug? Did you give her a kiss? Did you look at her? Tell her about X, Y, Z, you know, and that's...
Like, just coming from those ethnic backgrounds, there's that, you know, there is that need to greet or, you know, to say bye.
Do you think that's because in the new generation people are much more – I guess, accepting of
And, like, you know, an interesting comment that's always been made by my husband and, like, his best friend made that comment when Jonathan was at a party that Jonathan just knows how to, like, enjoy life.
like in terms of, like, he was at the party and then we were like, where's Jonathan? And he'd taken a juice box and he'd gone off.
you know, quiet space and was just enjoying like laying back, like looking up at the clouds and observing his surroundings, enjoying his juice box.
And he just as a like three, four-year-old just knew that's what he needed at that point in time.
And you know what's really interesting when you say these things is that someone else that wasn't so aware of what the child needs would say, stop being rude, come back in, come and talk, say hello.
Did you say hello? Did you give Auntie so-and-so a hug? Did you give her a kiss? Did you look at her? Tell her about X, Y, Z, you know, and that's...
Like, just coming from those ethnic backgrounds, there's that, you know, there is that need to greet or, you know, to say bye.
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