Crunchy Mom: Can you escape judging others? 

My family went to the fair. As soon as we paid to get in, my oldest son started screaming his ear hurt. We went home and after he felt better I binged re watching my favorite very crunchy mom videos, then I realized what I would have done if I were the crunchy mom- I would have run to the Ag barn at the fair to the produce display and got a garlic glove for him 😆 love your channel, you guys are brilliant!

I really appreciated the difference between righteous judgment and hurtful judgment. Where when you are judging somebody you are hurting them and building yourself up. But righteous judgment or healthy judgment can actually build that person up and help them be better than they were and itself reflective, so you’re really looking at yourself and examining yourself. I really like how that was said and it really helped me. I hope that others caught that as well and it helps them.

Jason, "It was satire! Nobody understood the joke! Not even the publisher!" Emily, "No." Jason missed his next line, "Not even the author understood!" 😂😂😂

I always love listening to y'all's podcasts. You're such a nice family and always are so humble about your experiences. It's so fascinating to hear about all of the various life experiences, it's so interesting to listen to you talking about all these various topics together and discussing them, it really gives a lot of different perspectives on things in life.

I'm a 23 year old woman I got no kids no family yet and I'm not crunchy, to say the least I'm not even into healthy life style but idk why I watch your podcast every week, truly we have nothing in common but here I am 😂

Jason mocking the crunchy advise moms saying “you don’t need to go to the fair because…” reminded me of Dwight (the office) saying “if ifs and buts were candies and nuts…”😂😂❤️

Even as a new mom to an easy 1 yr old, I would never say “that would never be my child in judgement” because the the quickest way for karma to educate you lol

i love how the duck painting face each other

With the judgement you judge others, you will be judged. I learned that how I view others, is how I judged myself. I judged in my mind, not out of my mouth, but then realized I thought others judged me in their minds like I did in mine. We are to judge righteous judgement. I have to examine my own motives.

My husband is one of seven and every year we do a family vacation with everyone in a huge house. Let me tell ya, the opportunities for judgment regarding parenting styles are plentiful. Bur like you guys, I try to stay in my lane so long as my kids aren't being influenced. I was so frustrated one evening when the kids were having a movie night (ages ranging from 2-9) and not one of the parents knew what the movie was, who chose it, or had ever even see it. It was some newish Disney movie and they couldn't understand why I was upset. Meanwhile, my 2 and 4 year old have seen winnie the pooh and madeline when sick, and that's pretty much it. Someone even said "there's always something scary in movies, they'll be fine"... unbelievable.

This podcast is so therapeutic. Love the topics and the content.

I don’t think judging can be avoided. Judging is to draw a conclusion. Now we shouldn’t do that without having as much info as possible but if you think about it, it’s necessary in so many situations. But I think judging (drawing a conclusion) and how you treat someone is different. People who are easily upset by others opinions/judgements about them are usually insecure about their decisions. If you are confident in what you do and say and have conviction behind your why, someone’s judgement of you won’t bother you very much, if at all. That being said, relationally, I think that we should think the best of people in regards to their motives. In other words, especially if it’s someone I know, even if I don’t like something they say or do, I’m likely to think that their motive was not to hurt me unless it’s someone who has a history in their character that I have seen. Hopefully that makes sense. Fun dialogue to listen to!

Jason, I am here for the sarcasm 😂

Fantastic conversation 👏🏽

I ran into this yesterday…ppl make different choices and then feel sorry for themselves when those choices create hardship in their lives. I was judged for not apologizing for not being in the same hardships. I just want to walk away. I don’t like being judged by entitled ppl.

The crunchy community needed this!

Also, Jason the pot stir-er you had me laughing out loud 😂

Well, you made judging others your source of income (in a way) and we all are here to consume it happily! :D Anyone who feels violated by your videos can simply turn off the video. Problem solved.

jasons deadpan face is brilliant and it always makes me laugh so much. i love the podcast, i listen to it every week when i go shopping (if its available) and im glad i still wear a mask because i am smiling and trying not to laugh out loud in the shop. 👍🏻

Like your take on judgement v discernment. A friend and I were both invited to an event, but I was uncomfortable and so chose not to go. Had no problem with my friend who chose to attend, even took care of things at home for her so she could go. As I anticipated, sadly the event did not go well. Later my friend accused me of 'judging her' for going?!🤷🏼‍♀️ I think what she actually felt was her conscience pricking her because she'd made a poor decision, but of course it's easier to just blame me.

Ok, but no joke. The disposable (sorry!) water bottle with the sport top has actually been our hack for when you're camping with your period in more outback conditions (like, with an outhouse). So helpful! Can't believe Jason came up with that one! lol

do you have a Renaissance or Medieval Fair in your area?? if you've never been to one, honestly i think y'all would love it!! thanks again for the enjoyable banter! i feel not judged :)

3:01 it’s called a peri bottle, Jason!

God bless

I'm so happy to see another podcast video realeased! I was thrilled when I found y'alls podcast on YT music!

This makes me happy!!!! I was thinking about this. How do I not judge others or get crazy when people try to give us stuff that doesn't fit our 'crunchy' lifestyle? Looking forward to this.

I can absolutely switch their 3 year olds car seat back to rear facing in 30 seconds 😂 but most of us have made the mistake of mentioning that😅😅

You only care about someone’s judgment if you think they have good judgment otherwise why would you care what they think when you have judged them to have poor judgment.

I obsessively try to figure out people's personalities and ask why they do what they do. My husband doesn't care at all. I don't necessarily have opinions on what they are doing, I'm just really curious

Please share the tools you use to regulate anger in front of your children! I need that😅

Please make a podcast about natural unmedicated birth! 🙏🏻

They do make travel bedits they ate basically water bottles 😂

It's hard to know where the line is. As a society we accept that it's ok and necessary to judge certain things that are harmful to others and children. Like child abuse is judged. When we hear a story about someone physically abusing their child we judge them big time. Hurting children is looked upon very poorly. Then you start to learn how so many "normal" things harm children(to varying degrees). Sometimes youncan visibility witness the damge happening. Seeing children being harmed makes it really hard to not judge. When the parent is genuinely just unaware you can have compassion and understanding but when you know that they really know and they just turn their eyes away to the damage because it's inconvenient or for other selfish reasons it's really hard to not judge. And unfortunately that is something that happens far too often..in my judgmental opinion lol.

Where the fuzzyness arises is .... When you consider that each person is given a different amount of experience and life lessons so what they decide as the best decision to make in a given circumstances to be different to what you consider to be the best decision in the same set of circumstances .... Neither can definitely say who is at absolute truth of matter only God and the person themselves know. So it is important to share with others what you consider to be best and what you can see so you share what you have been given with them and when they share with you you can grow by considering what they have shared with you. It's actually your responsibility to share. It's also your responsibility to do your best always according to your own conscious.

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Peri bottle would work as a togo bidet.

Also when another mom is struggling,my nurse mode kicks in. Start singing the wheels on the bus and acting it out,kid either joins in or suddenly thinks mom isn't so crazy and gets quiet. Many times mom is trying to cope..my son took money from purse and shoved it heat vent playing ATM, scribbled on checks that only found at checkout. Another time caught him as was going to cut money up to make 'more'. 4yo brains are weird.

Some times you feel attacked because you are. In TX homeschool group the crunchers didn't approve of my son on the spectrum fascinated by trains, electricity and machines,my trans racially adopted daughter who had strong opinions about hairstyles from 1yr, being a single working mom.boy howdy were they judgemental!

If you fear judgement, that has everything to do with you. Judging is the most important thing a human being can do. If you have confidence from living a rational life, either others’ judgements are right or wrong. And if they’re wrong and trying to make you feel bad, it’s laughable because you know how you arrived at your decisions. If you don’t have confidence in yourself and your decisions, it’s probably because you live an emotion-driven life, and thus, the judgements of others are too painful to bear. But no matter which way it goes, how you feel about others judging you is entirely about you.

Self depricating humor here for you: I took my own dishes to a church pot luck lunch instead of using the styrofoam ones. I suggested natural cleaners to the church I was just visiting because of the overwhelming chemical smell. *your walmart video is my favorite. That's how I feel everytime, and I hold my breath to go get rubbergolves or borax from the laundry isle.

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2:36 So you do wear shoes! Do you wear barefoot shoes or some other style? I love your channel and I’m trying to be more aware of what I put on and into my body and also how it’s affected by everyday life and the different toxins all around us. Thank you for sharing your crunchy life with us.

It's silly to "not judge". We have to make wise judgements. Sometimes we do need to Judge that some people and places are not appropriate for our family. We dont need to try to coerce or shame people when we have the option to remove ourselves from a situation. *I got my nose peirced at age 30 (my mother still disapproved. 😅) I was inspired by the biblical account of Rebecca. I chose the left side as an accupressure location to potentially help with female hormones... who knows if that mattered. But I dont wear jewelry as far as necklaces, bracelets, earrings hardly ever, so my little rose gold ring makes me feel dressed up in a casual state too.

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If you never judge anyone how will you have any judgement? It’s okay to see a situation and be like that is not for me I think the bad part comes when you judge the value of the person as anything less than a child of God.

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So im somewhat crunchy but definitely not fully crunchy. My parents are even less so. They just visited and stayed with us. My son is just now getting into his toddler years and the amount of judgement that just naturally exists between different parenting styles is just nuts. 😂finally decided to just choose peace. They're only here for a short period of time, balance ya know. A corn dog once a year isn't much worse than living in a red state. 🙃🫠🤣

“The EMFs on their butts were crazy!!” This made me spit out my coffee and inhale it I’m at work 😂😂😂

Hi Emily & Jason! Thanks for the discussion. I think the topic of judgement is very hard to talk about using socially accepted dictionary definitions. I understand your platform is mainly focused on "crunchy" things however if you're going to talk about something like judgement I believe Jesus gave us the most clarity when he said to not judge according to the appearance or hypocritical judgement but judge righteous judgement. It is good and needful to judge, and as you mentioned most of us are making judgements constantly whether we mean to or not. The Bible says judgement is a good thing! In terms of the "crunchy" community.. my desire is that more would judge blatant sin before judging ones seed oil use/food dyes/ plastic ownership etc... Although you discuss 'good judgement' at times you also said it's something to "come out of" and a "toxic trait" so here is where I'd say I do hope you both, and all Christians will judge righteous judgement as we will ourselves be judged someday soon, Lord-willing. Isaiah 59:15 “Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.” More live giving truths about judgement 🙌🏻 1 Corinthians 11:31 Proverbs 28:23 Jude 1:23 1 Corinthians 5 :12-13 Proverbs 31:9 Luke 6:37-42 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Matthew 7:1-5 Leviticus 19:17-18 Amos 5:7