Host Leah Farish interviews experts and friends about all things generational.
No matter your age or stage, whether you're growing or growing old, you wonder at, fume at, or love someone in another generation. It might be workplace issues, raising kids, or caring for an elder--We're here to bring understanding, solutions, empathy, and a little fun to intergenerational relationships. Our conversation balloons hover over thorny social problems and pop with insight about how to handle them. Some of our guests are scholarly, some faith-based, some rich only in lived experience.
Divorce attorney, mediator, and national speaker Krista Nash makes her case for prioritizing the needs of children in the divorce process. She and Leah talk about visitation, tech surveillance, trust-building, parental kidnapping, and grandparent rights. The name of Krista's firm, Children First Family Law, says it all. Additional resources: Childrenfirstfamilylaw.com (http://childrenfirstfamilylaw.com/)
7 Oct 2026
124. Parental Rights Right Now w/ Kate Anderson
Kate Anderson, senior counsel and Director of the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom, outlines what parental rights are, where they come from, and how you can assert and protect your rights to raise and educate your child as you choose. School, gender issues, privacy, adoption/ foster care eligibility, and more are covered, and Leah speaks from her own experience as an attorney partnering with ADF.
Additional resources:
Free booklets from Alliance Defending Freedom-- Parents in Control--https://adflegal.org/resource/parents-in-control-usa-curriculum-surveys-opt-out-rights/ Confronting Religious Discrimination: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents--https://adflegal.org/resource/religious-discrimination-foster-adoptive-parents/Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)--268 U.S. 510--https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/268us510Mirabelli v. Bonta, emergency order (2026)--https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/case/mirabelli-v-olsonMahmoud v. Taylor (2025)--606 U.S __ --https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/24-297Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo (2002)--534 U.S. 426-- https://www.oyez.org/cases/2001/00-1073FERPA (34 CFR Part 99--Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act--https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/ferpaEqual Access Act--98 Stat. 1302, 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071-4074--Bd. of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)--https://www.oyez.org/cases/1989/88-1597Oregon foster adoption--Jessica BatesKallie Keeler case--Washington state 2026--https://adflegal.org/press-release/high-school-female-athlete-sues-after-unknowingly-wrestling-male-who-sexually-assaulted-her-during-match/?reference_code=11041076&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&utm_content=%7E20248933359_150742826875_alliance+defending+freedom%5E814946495493&utm_campaign=brand-searchTF and BF v. Kettle Moraine School District (2021)--https://adflegal.org/press-release/wisconsin-court-rules-protect-parents-rights/ Jennifer DeGross and Shane DeGross v. Tana Senn in her official capacity as Sec. of Washington State Dept Children,Youth, and Families, et al. (2026)--https://adflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/degross-v-hunter-2026-05-20-permanent-injunction.pdfMead v. Rockford Public School District--https://adflegal.org/case/mead-v-rockford-public-school-district/Jessica Bates (2026)--https://adflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bates-v-wendt-2026-09-09-stipulated-order-judgment.pdf
23 Sept 2026
123. The Great Intergenerational Wealth Transfer w/ Russ Crosson
Should I give much of my kids' inheritance to them while I'm alive? Can I give differing amounts to different kids? Should I reveal my estate plan to my heirs? Financial advisor Russ Crosson gives sage and surprising answers to these and more questions.Additional resources:Books by Russ Crosson--Your Life Well SpentLeverage: Using Temporal Wealth for Eternal Gain (Russ Crosson and Kenneth Boa)Your Money Made Simple: The Key to Financial Freedom
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