Glennon Doyle recently opened up about the complexities of racial identity and parenting during a candid discussion on her show, We Can Do Hard Things.
Reflecting on a conversation with Ocean Vuong, Glennon Doyle admitted to a personal failure in preparing her Japanese son for the realities of racism in the United States. She noted, "I raised an Asian boy, a Japanese boy in America. And recently, only recently, he bravely shared with me a truth of his childhood, which is that I did not war".
The host drew a parallel between her own parenting experience and the survival strategies described by Ocean Vuong’s mother. She highlighted the instinct to protect children by encouraging them to, "be invisible, to not stand out, because you already had one strike against you." This admission marks a shift toward more vulnerable, introspective storytelling for the podcast, as Glennon Doyle continues to examine the intersection of identity and motherhood.
