Raising ThemFor What?

with Michael Koh

An interview podcast in development

Editorial paper-cut illustration of a mother and her four sons, hands on the third boy’s shoulders.
Editorial paper-cut illustration of a mother and her four sons, hands on the third boy’s shoulders.

My grandma raised my dad to survive.

Editorial paper-cut illustration of a father and graduating son, with Berkeley’s Sather Gate behind them.
Editorial paper-cut illustration of a father and graduating son, with Berkeley’s Sather Gate behind them.

He raised me to succeed.

Editorial paper-cut illustration of two new parents holding their sleeping baby, seen from the side and behind.
Editorial paper-cut illustration of two new parents holding their sleeping baby, seen from the side and behind.

What do we raise them for?

What might a good life contain?Purpose?, Achievement?, Comfort?, Health?, Contentment?, Relationships?, Freedom?, Security?, Belonging?, Adventure?, Love?, Peace?Purpose?Achievement?Comfort?Health?Contentment?Relationships?Freedom?Security?Belonging?Adventure?Love?Peace?
Purpose?Achievement?Comfort?Health?Contentment?Relationships?Freedom?Security?Belonging?Adventure?Love?Peace?

We all want a good life for our children.
But, what does that mean?

Possible contributors to a good lifeCandidate definitions of a good life change alongside possible contributor connections. The corners are questions, not settled answers.Purpose?Achievement?Comfort?Health?Contentment?Relationships?Math: possible connections to Achievement, Comfort.MathLanguages: possible connections to Relationships, Purpose, Achievement.LanguagesAI fluency: possible connections to Achievement, Comfort.AI fluencySport: possible connections to Health, Relationships, Achievement.SportMusic: possible connections to Purpose, Contentment, Relationships.MusicFinancial literacy: possible connections to Comfort.FinancialliteracyCuriosity: possible connections to Purpose, Achievement, Contentment.CuriosityAgency: possible connections to Purpose, Achievement.AgencyResilience: possible connections to Health, Contentment, Achievement.ResilienceEmotional regulation: possible connections to Relationships, Health, Contentment.EmotionalregulationGratitude: possible connections to Contentment, Relationships.GratitudeEmpathy: possible connections to Relationships, Purpose.Empathy
AI fluency → Achievement? / Comfort?Languages → Adventure? / Belonging?Emotional regulation → Health? / Contentment? / Belonging?

What gives them a better chance of that life?

Editorial collage of a child facing AI, social media, environmental change, job-market uncertainty, protests and war.
A child facing a changing world

How do we prioritize given our fast-changing world?

Editorial collage of two parents and their child planting together, sharing attention and learning.
Parents and child growing and learning together

How do we grow alongside our children and model a good life ourselves?

An imagined editorial scene: Michael, seen from behind, interviewing Socrates over a beer.
An imagined conversation with Socrates

Together, we will explore these questions with researchers, psychologists, educators, philosophers, technologists, families and children.

Michael Koh in the selected paper-cut portrait with Taiwan and San Francisco background elements.
Michael Koh

I’m Michael Koh.

I spent the last decade traveling the world and learning about its people while building companies. Now, I’m a new dad curious to learn more.

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