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Personal Boundaries

March 20, 2025 • Travis Thomas • Season 2 • Episode 1

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In our first episode of our second season, we talk about boundaries and how it's important to stand firm in your beliefs no matter how old you are.

SPEAKER_00 0:15

Welcome to another episode of It's a Kids Podcast. Welcome to everyone. This is season two. We are finally able to get into some type of consistency because of the weather, because of all the breaks that we've had in school. We're finally able to record, and I miss recording. I miss hearing the opinions that the students have. We just had our small business day at school last week, which was the end of February, where the students were able to wear their polos with the logo and sell merchandise and just feel like they truly accomplished something in front of their peers. And I feel like it's um inspired other students to want to start small businesses. And the podcast is going to go further than just this. We want to be able to do events and host things and take it to a new level. So with that being said, I am sitting here with one of our students, and we're going to be talking about personal boundaries and what that looks like for us. So how are you?

SPEAKER_01 1:21

I'm good.

SPEAKER_00 1:22

You're good. Nice. So I know that you're new to our school. How do you feel about the school so far?

SPEAKER_01 1:29

I feel like it's very nice and calm.

SPEAKER_00 1:31

Very nice and calm. Okay. I'm like, all right, good. So personal boundaries. So we talked about personal boundaries in her class a couple of weeks ago, and I chose her for this episode because she had some answers that were very thought out. And I was like, well, why not have her on the podcast? So let's start by talking about one of the questions of I become very uncomfortable if I lose things. Definitely, it depends on, or not at all.

SPEAKER_01 2:03

Definitely.

SPEAKER_00 2:04

Definitely. So you become uncomfortable if you lose things.

SPEAKER_01 2:07

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 2:08

What have you lost that made you feel uncomfortable or upset after you lost it?

SPEAKER_01 2:14

Well, once I lost one of my drawings that I work uh that I spent a very hard time making. And I didn't want to lose it because yeah, I spent a very hard time making it. And I took like all day to find it, but I I eventually found it. I was stressing out and everything.

SPEAKER_00 2:35

Yeah. Do you draw a lot?

SPEAKER_01 2:37

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 2:37

You do? Nice. Do you keep your drawings in like a notepad or a notebook or anything?

SPEAKER_01 2:43

Or yeah, I have a sketchbook.

SPEAKER_00 2:45

Yeah, a sketchbook? Oh, nice. I never knew that. That's good. So do you want to one day like have your work on display and be an artist? Is that one of your goals?

SPEAKER_01 2:54

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 2:55

Okay. Good. Alright. I agree with your answer of definitely. I do become uncomfortable if I lose things because I live by myself. So why am I losing things and can't find it? If I'm the reason why I lost it. So I agree. I do become uncomfortable. Alright. I feel perfectly comfortable expressing my emotions. Definitely it depends on, or not at all?

SPEAKER_01 3:19

Um, not at all.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

You don't like um expressing your emotions?

SPEAKER_01 3:23

Yes, I don't like it.

SPEAKER_00 3:24

Why tell me why you don't like it?

SPEAKER_01 3:26

Because I'm more of a people pleaser. That means if I express my emotions how I want to, I'm not sure if people will like me more because sometimes people just want you to be like them.

SPEAKER_00 3:38

That's very true. So does it have to be a certain level of trust that allows you to express your emotions, or you're rather just like keep things to yourself?

SPEAKER_01 3:47

A certain level of trust.

SPEAKER_00 3:50

Certain level of trust. Have you always been like that?

SPEAKER_01 3:52

Yes. Well, not always. It just started like I think three years ago.

SPEAKER_00 3:57

Mm-hmm. When you was a little younger.

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 4:00

Okay. What do you think would like help you get? Because even as adults, like there are adults that have trouble with expressing their emotions as well, because we don't know how to tell people how we feel, or we don't know how to share things because we like to keep it all inside. So what do you think would help you to be able to express your emotions more with people? Or are you okay like with how you are?

SPEAKER_01 4:28

I think it's more trustworthy people. Like the more trustworthy people I'm around, the more comfortable I get expressing my emotions.

SPEAKER_00 4:36

Okay. I like that answer. Good. See, that's why I picked you. I I I like the way you you sit and you think out your thoughts, and there um you can tell you you put some some thinking into it. Alright, next one. It is easy for me to let others get to know me. Definitely, it depends on, or not at all.

SPEAKER_01 4:55

Definitely.

SPEAKER_00 4:56

Definitely. Oh, so you think it's easy for people to get to know you?

SPEAKER_01 5:00

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 5:00

That's good. How would you describe your personality?

SPEAKER_01 5:03

I would describe my personality as hmm, trustworthy, kind, and a bit of sass.

SPEAKER_00 5:11

A bit of sass. Okay. I saw like um when we had the Black Excellence program last week, like you was really into it. Did you have fun?

SPEAKER_01 5:20

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 5:21

That's good. I I like that. So, like, since being like a new student at a school, has it been easy for you to like get friends and stuff?

SPEAKER_01 5:30

Or how has it been? It's been easy.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

Okay. That's good. That's good to hear. Normally, it's kind of hard for people to make friends, but it's good to hear that you've been making friends as well. All right. Next one. I hate it or get triggered when other people what? What what do you hate or what triggers you? So triggers mean like what upsets you, what takes you to the next level of being upset or mad? Like what do people do to and it could be it don't have to be just your classmates, it can even be your family. Like anything that people like do to make you upset, what is it that they do?

SPEAKER_01 6:09

When any people insult my friends, family, or what I believe in.

SPEAKER_00 6:14

Okay. As in what? Tell me tell me more. Like what you mean by what you believe in?

SPEAKER_01 6:21

Like religions or pride?

SPEAKER_00 6:25

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 6:26

Any type of pride? Yeah, that's all.

SPEAKER_00 6:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 6:39

No, it's just my own opinion.

SPEAKER_00 6:41

That's your own opinion. Okay. Hey, I respect it. I truly do. So what what would you like to see happen like moving forward for like the rest of the school year? Like, what are your what are your goals for the rest of the school year?

SPEAKER_01 6:55

My goals, my goals are to learn more about the school and about what the school is trying to teach me.

SPEAKER_00 7:03

Okay. What has been the most I don't say I don't really want to say the most fun? But what is something about the school that you have appreciated since you've been here as far as like you're learning? Like what have you learned in class that's made you appreciate the school?

SPEAKER_01 7:22

Hmm. I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_00 7:25

Do you like reading more? Do you like math, science, electives? Like what?

SPEAKER_01 7:30

Oh, yeah, the creative part of the school.

SPEAKER_00 7:33

The creative part of the school.

SPEAKER_01 7:34

Like art and music.

SPEAKER_00 7:35

Okay. Nice. All right. Well, I appreciate it. Like you taking the time out of your out of your day, uh, your class to um talk a little bit about some things. And uh I would say continue to be you. Like you have a very um thoughtful insight to things, and it sounds like you stand firm on what you believe in. So always continue to do that because um a lot of people are people pleasers, but also they don't know who they are because they often start to listen to what other people say. So you keep doing what you're doing, okay?

SPEAKER_01 8:14

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 8:15

All right, good job. All right, so that was all for this episode. Until we meet again, it's a kid's podcast. Thank you.