From Fear to Fun: How to interact with any child

This episode explores a simple but powerful idea: everyone who works with children already has a hidden source of expertise — their own childhood. By reconnecting with our early experiences, we gain insight into how children think, feel, and respond to adults, especially in medical settings.

We cover:

• Why every adult carries valuable “childhood expertise”
• How medical students underestimate the knowledge they already have
• How memories of boredom, fear, waiting, or being ignored help us empathize with paediatric patients
• Why revisiting our own experiences allows us to see the world through a child’s eyes
• How positive authority figures become role models for clinical behaviour
• How negative experiences teach us what to avoid in our interactions

Key takeaway:

Our own childhood is a treasure. When we draw on those memories, we understand children more deeply — and we interact with them in ways that feel respectful, attuned, and human.

Tune in to rediscover the expertise you didn’t know you had.

You can find the content of this podcast also via my blog: https://wp.me/pfxEk2-9z

Music by Sascha Ende via ende.app

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