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Raising Good Humans

John Legend on Fatherhood, Music, and Spreading Holiday Joy

Raising Good Humans

Dear Media, Aliza Pressman

Toddler, Sinai, Mount, Doctor, Mother, Science, Dear, Baby, Motherhood, Parenting, Psychology, Pressman, Education, Humans, Seedlings, Kids & Family, Adolescence, Children, Child, Childhood, Parent, Good, Raising, Infant, Media, Aliza

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Happy Holidays!In this episode, John Legend speaks about his experiences as a father of four, his involvement in his children's lives, and how parenthood inspired his new children's album, 'My Favorite Dream.' He shares insights into his interactions with each of his children, the challenges they face, including managing his son's type 1 diabetes, and his children's unique personalities and interests. John delves into his musical upbringing, his children's passion for music, and how it connects the family. Additionally, he discusses his advocacy for arts in education, the correlation between music and math, and his family's holiday traditions.


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:09.4

Welcome to Raising Good Humans.

0:11.4

I'm Dr. Reza Pressman and Happy, Happy Holidays.

0:16.7

I hope everybody had an incredible time.

0:20.5

I hope you're getting some breaks.

0:22.8

And today's episode is just like a joyful break.

0:27.5

I interviewed John Legend.

0:29.9

John Legend, the brilliant American singer, songwriter, producer, father of

0:35.9

poor actor. He has a new album out of lullabies. So it was just fun to

0:43.7

kind of hear about this incredible person who's also raising four kids like the rest of us.

0:48.9

And one thing that we cover that I just didn't know and thought was so fascinating is John Legend's experience growing up in Ohio being kind of so sophisticated and intellectually advanced that he had to skip two grades, be homeschooled, kind of went to college at 16, and all that comes with it. We also talk about just

1:13.3

being the father of four kids between ages 18 months and eight years old. His son Miles was

1:19.4

recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and so managing those kinds of diagnoses in the context of

1:26.3

a whole family system. So we're covering a lot of topics,

1:31.0

but most importantly, I just wanted to share with you some feel-good times, and I hope you

1:37.5

enjoy some good music and have a beautiful, connected weekend. I first just want to hear a little bit about you as a dad.

1:47.3

And I know that you can weave in your beautiful new album

1:51.1

because it sounds like being a dad inspired that.

1:55.5

But can we hear a little bit?

1:57.5

Well, I love being a dad.

1:59.3

We have four kids now.

2:21.5

Our oldest is Luna. She's eight. And our second is a boy named Miles. He's six. And Estee is nearly two. She's a toddler running around the house. And then she has a younger brother that's practically like a twin because we had him with the surrogate only five months later than when Chrissy had Esty.

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